Charities and philanthropies : woman's work in Utah / edited by Emmeline B. Wells, for the World's Fair .

CHARITIES AND

PHILflNTHROPIES

WOMAN'S W0RK IN aTAR.

WORLD'S FAIR EDITION.

"IN FAITH AND HOPE THE WORLD MAT DISAGREE,
BtlT ALL MANKIND'S CONCERN IS CHARITT."

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CHARITIES

.A.ND

PHILANTHROPIES.

WOMAN'S V^^ORK: in UTAH

EDITED BY

EMMELINE B. WELLS,

FOR THE

WORLD'S FAIR,

" Charit)/ never faileth."

ZiNA D. H. Young,
Chaii'via)! Committee. Utah Territorv.

SALT LAKE COUNTY COM.Mn'TEK.

Mary Lsahella Horne, Emma J. McVickor,

CJiairniaii. Vice- Chairman.

Ann M. Cannon,

Secretary.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH :

GEORGE Q. CANNON & SONS CO., PRINTERS.

1803.

EDITOR'S PREFACE.

The call made by the Board of Lady Managers of the
Columbian Exposition, for all charitable and philanthroic
societies and institutions of women to report their work
either on charts, or in some other definite way so that it might
be known, has brought out valuable inforiliation concerning
charities, etc., from all parts of the civilized world; and in
this little book the women of Utah Territory respectfully
submit such items of their experience in this direction, and
statistics, as could be obtained from those actively engaged
in the several organizations represented.

That the book ma}' reach many who know little of this
comparatively new country, and enlighten them in regard
to woman's organized work for the needy and unfortunate
of all classes, and in all conditions, the writer ardently hopes
and desires; that much good will result from comparing plans
and methods, when a complete work shall be compiled, for
the betterment of those needing aid and assistance, there can
be little doubt.

The Societies and Institutions of which sketches are given
here, are all of a truly charitable and philanthropic character,
and those who have written them have done so at the
urgent solicitation of committees, who were collecting such
material and information, and not with any desire of their
own to publish their benevolent work. The articles signed
are by presidents and officers of the respective organizations,
but all other matter 'the editor is ans\\erable for, having been
under the necessity of doing it herself, and an apology must
be made for separating the sketches of the National Woman's
Relief Society. While absent at the World's Fair, the printers
paged the manuscript already in hand, thinking it finished, and
struck off the quota of copies ordered, consequent!}' the division
was unavoidable.

CONTENTS.

Natk^nal Woman's Relief Sociejv. - - 9

Salt Lake County - - - - 11

Utah Stake - - - - - 15

Juab " - - . - - l<i

Sevier " - - - - - 17

Sanpete " - - - - 18

Davis " - - - - - 19

Weber " - - - - 21

Box Elder Stake - - - - 22

Morgan " - - - - 24

Summit " - - - - - 25

Deseret Hospital _ _ - - 26

Catholic Charities of Utah - - - 30

HuMK AND Foreign Missionary Socieiv - 36

Baptist Church - - - - 39

Orphans' Home, and Day Nursery Association - 41

Young Ladies' Aid Society - - - 47

Phillips Benevolent Society - - 49

Methodist Episcopal - - - - 50

Hebrew Benevolent Society - - 52

Burlington Benevolent Society - - 53

Ladies' Aid Socieiy - - - 54

Ladies' Auxiliary - - - - 55

Spiritualists - - - - 57
Needle Work Guild of America Salt Lake City Branch 59

Ogden Charitable Association - - - 61
National Woman's Relief Society [coniinued]

Cache Stake . . - - 64

Rich County - - - - - 65

Tooele Stake . . - . 05

Wasatch ■• - - - - - 66

Emery " - - - - 68

Millard " - - - - - 69

VllI rONTENTS.

Parowan " - - - - 70

Beaver " - - - - - 71

St. George " - - - 72^

pAN(;uircH " - - - - 73

• Wayne " - . - - - 74

Kanab " - - - - - 74

San Juan " - - - - 75

Uintah " - - - - - 76

REiMARKS ----- 77

Finale' - - - - 79

Young Ladies' Mutual Lmprovement Association 80

Primary Associations oe Salt Lake County - 82

Women Physicians ok Utah - - - 85

Romania B. Pratt - - - - 86

Ellis R. Shipp - - - - 86

Margaret Curtis Shipi' - - - 87

Ellen B. Ferc;uson - - - 87

Elvira Sievens Barney - - - 88

Belle Gemmell ticc Anderson - - 88

jus UNA McIn TYRE //i'^' Anderson - - - 88

Emma B. Atkins - - - - 88

Mary Emma Vanschoonhoven 7icc Green - - 89

Hannah C. Norton - - - 89

EiT.EN CuR'iis Gage - - - - 89

MAR^ Green ucc Minor - - - 90

Martha Hue; ties Cannon - - - 90

CHARITIES f>^" PHILANTHROPIES

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY.

/ivHE organization of women known as the Relief Society is
^f both national and international in scope and character,
having branches in all parts of the world where there are a
sufficient number of the people of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. The society is, though purely charitable
and philanthropic, also educational in the best and highest
sense of the word, dealing with the subjects that tend to the
elevation and advancement of women in all the lines of
thought and action that benefit humanity. But it is the
society in its charitable work that is to be presented in these
pages, its history and condition, past and present, in the
Territory of Utah.

The first Relief Society was organized in Nauvoo,
Illinois, on the 17th day of March, 1842, with Mrs. Epima
Smith President, Mrs. Sarah M. Cleveland and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Ann Whitney Counselors, Eliza R. Snow Secretary,
Phoebe M. Wheeler Assistant-Secretary, and Elvina A. Coules
Treasurer. There were nineteen members, but the increase in
membership was so great that during the first two years 1275
names were enrolled, and the recorded receipts were $415.24

When the Latter-day Saints were obliged to leave the
city of Nauvoo and journey westward to an unknown land,
the society could not operate as an organized body, and the
meetings were necessarily discontinued, though the women
continued their benevolent work wherever and whenever an
opportunity presented itself, and many were in need of kindly
acts and works of charity and sympathy, for those were the
days of toil and suffering, of scarcity and hardships.

There were few gifts ■ to bestow, but many lessons of

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patience and resignation to be learned in the school of
experience.

Early in the settlement of these valleys in the Rocky
Mountain region, organizations of the Relief Society were
formed almost, it might be said, as a natural outgrowth of the
parent society in Nauvoo; for the same spirit and sentiment
still existed and was soon brought into active exercise.

As in this sketch we shall give the organization as a whole
under the sub-headings of the several counties and wards, we
need only speak of its general organization as a whole, with
the names of the officers of the central board.

The first general presiding officers over the society were
Eliza R. Snow, President, Zina D. H. Young and Elizabeth
Ann Whitney, Counselors, Sarah M. Kimball, Secretary, Mary
Isabella Home, Treasurer. Subsequently Romania B. Pratt
was elected Assistant-Secretary.

After the demise of the President, Eliza R. Snow, which
occurred December 5, 1887, and her Counselor, Elizabeth
Ann Whitney, having died February, 1882, the society
was re-organized with Zina D. H. Young, President, Jane S.
Richards and Bathsheba W. vSmith Counselors, Sarah M.
Kimball, Secretary, Romania B. Pratt, Assistant-Secretary,
Emmeline B. Wells, Corresponding Secretary, Mary Isabella
Home, Treasurer.

October 10th, 1892, the Relief Society was incorporated
under the laws of the Territory of Utah, with a constitution
and by-laws carefully prepared. It is now designated

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY.

OFFICERS:

ZiNA D. H. Young, President.
Jane S. Richards, First Vice-President.
Bathsheba W. Smith, Second Vice-President.
Sarah M. Kimball, Third Vice-President.
Emmeline B. Wells, Secretary.
Mary Isabella Horne, Treasurer.
The society holds annual and semi-annual conferences in
Salt Lake City in the months of April and October. At these

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meetings special instruction is given peculiar to the work of
this large and influential body of women. Representatives
from each stake are expected to report the work accomplished
during the six months, and regular written reports are
received and compiled, so that the Central Board are aware
of the condition of the several stakes and branches connected
therewith within the boundaries of the United States or in
foreign lands.

The Corresponding Secretary is in communication with
all these branches from time to time as circumstances may
require, and the whole organization is so complete and perfect
that it is comparatively easy to make reports at any given time.

The society at large numbers over four hundred branches
with a membership of over 26,700: in the Territory of Utah
there are twenty-three stakes and over three hundred branches.
The property which has been accumulated by the women
through donations, labor and increase of means is something
almost marvelous. To be sure much of it has been expended,
but the society owns real estate, buildings, granaries and
grain, stock and dividends in various business enterprises,
and the prosperity that has attended their efforts, commencing
without capital in the days of adversity, and the struggles of
pioneer life, is to them proof positive of the blessing of God
upon their labors.

From the first inception of the Relief Society in this
Territory to the year of the centennial celebration in Phila-
delphia, 1876, the society had accumulated and disbursed to
those in need means in cash and property of various kinds
nearly one hundred thousand dollars.

"And its purpose indeed is to comfort and feed.
The honest and poor in distress and in need."

REPORT OF SALT LAKE COUNTY.

Arriving in Salt Lake Valley July 24, 1847, the voice of
inspiration bade the Latter-day Saints tarry here and once
more build homes, cities, towns and villages, though far from

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civilization. Meetings were necessarily discontinued during
this eventful time, as has been previously stated, but many
noble works of love and charity were performed. Of this
there was much need, for the privations and difficulties were
something terrible to contemplate. Only faith in the Lord
could have sustained this people in those days of trial and
extreme poverty.

In 1851 and 1852 temporary societies were formed in
several wards, and thus though all were poor, none were
allowed to suffer. Many have been known to give their last
measure of meal to a neighbor and leave the issue with God.

They fed and clothed the wandering Indians, thus dis-
arming them of their hostility and ensuring peace, realizing
that "it was better to clothe and feed the Indians than to
fight them. "

In 1855, when the people were in a more settled condi-
tion, an effort was made to organize a Relief Society in each
ward, but the regularity of the work was interrupted in 1858
by the entire people moving south, in consequence of the
arrival of Johnston's army to put down an alleged insurrection.
All the money then on hand was expended for food and cloth,
ing for the poor.

It was not until the Saints had returned again to their
homes that a perfect organization was effected. To accom-
plish this object Eliza R. Snow, Zina D. H. Young, with
others of Zion's noble women, traveled and labored unceas-
ingly, encountering all sorts of difficulties and counting no
sacrifice too great to alleviate the sufferings of the people and
elevate the women of Zion. In these early days times were
very hard; sewing cotton was selling at 15 cts. per spool,
factory and calico 25cts. per yard, yarn $1.50 per lb., and
other things in proportion. The women carded and spun
wool and cattle's hair together for hosiery, made clothes,
quilts, etc., for the poor.

In 1877 the branches of the Relief Society of the several
wards of Salt Lake County were organized into a stake or
county capacity, and M. Isabella Home was chosen as
president.

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY. 13

THE PRESENT OFFICERS ARE:

M. Isabella Horne, President.

Elmina S. Taylor, First Vice-President.

Helen Mar Whitney, Second Vice-President.

Elizabeth Howard, Secretary.

Bathsheba W. Smith, Treasurer.

Maria W, Wilcox, Corresponding Secretary.
(Since this report was prepared Elizabeth Howard has
died, and Margaret A. Caine has been elected to fill the
vacancy.)

There are forty-six branches in Salt Lake County, with a
membership of 3010.

It is the purpose of this society to assist persons who
need aid of any kind. Much money, food and clothing has
been distributed; but this is not the greater part of the work
of the associations.

"Oh, woman, God gave thee the longing to bless;
Thy touch, like compassion's, is warm and caressing
And there's power in thy weakness to soften distress,
To brighten the gloom and the darkness depressing.
And not in the rear hence need woman appear
Her star is ascending her zenith is near;
Like an angel of mercy she'll stand in the van
The joy of the world, and the glory of man. "

Meetings are held serai-monthly in which all have the
privilege of speaking; expressing their feelings or making sug-
gestions for the furtherance of the work of the society.

Sewing meetings are held where clothes, quilts, and many
other articles are made and distributed among the needy.

It would be impossible to give the number of persons
assisted even during a single year. Some money has been
expended in helping the poor to emigrate; but more aid has
been given the emigrants by helping them to find work whereby
they can support themselves, or in cases of sickness or misfor--
tune, in supplying them with food, fuel and clothing. Thous-
ands of these emigrants own houses and lands among the Saints
today, who, had they remained in their native lands and labored
during their entire lives, would not enjoy this blessing.

14 CHARIIIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

Our people being a community of temple builders, the
Relief Society has contributed largely both in money and
needlework, and in various ways to this work. The Deseret
Hospital, and Woman's Co-operative Mercantile and Manufac-
turing Institution were instituted by the Relief Society. Con-
siderable means has been spent in encouraging silk raising
and other home industries. The money used by this vast
organization is mostly donations or free-will offerings, each
member giving what she wishes to the visiting teachers.
Food and clothing are gathered in the same manner.

Among the sisters the sick are nursed, the dead clothed
iand prepared for burial, etc. Although most of the charitable
work is done among our own people, all persons, irrespective
of sex or creed, are assisted whenever their cases come under
our observation.

In 1848 there came upon the people a visitation as terri-
ble as it was unexpected. It was the cricket plague.

In May and June of that year myriads of these destructive
pests, an army of famine and despair, rolled in black legions
down the mountain sides, and attacked the fields of growing
grain. They literally swept everything before them, and
starvation with all its terrors seemed staring the poor settlers
in the face. Men, women and children marshaled themselves
to fight and if possible repel the rapacious foe; but their
efforts could not prevail.

In the midst of the work of destruction great flocks of
gulls appeared, and settled down upon the half-ruined fields.
At first it seemed as if they came to destroy what the crickets
had left; but their real purpose was soon apparent. They
came and preyed upon the destroyers until the pests were
vanquished- and the people saved. The heaven-sent birds then
returned to the lake islands, whence they came, leaving the
grateful people to shed tears of joy over their timely
deliverance.

In 1852 grasshoppers destroyed the crops, and the people
were once more brought to the verge of starvation.

In consequence President Brigham Young advised the
people to store up grain in case of famine. As a result of

14TH WARD KKLIKF SOCIETY HALL, SALT LAKE CITY.

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY. 15

this advice the Relief Society of Salt Lake County have built
a number of granaries and stored up large quantities of wheat.
At present there are 6112 bushels stored away. There is
also money on hand to purchase wheat at harvest time
$977.25.

Twelve organizations of the Relief Society m Salt Lake
County own their Assembly Halls, and have furnished them
very comfortably, and others are proposing to build soon.
Those who do not own places meet in the ward meeting
houses in common with the other members of the ward.
Seven branches of the society have built granaries and stored
their own wheat. Statistical and financial report for last year
shows:

Total receipts - - - - $19,988.50

Total disbursements - - 10,773.24

On hand, cash - - - 6,730.80

Property - - - 2,468.46

Real estate - - 22,658.19

Wheat fund - - - 977.25

Bushels of wheat . - . 6112 bus.

" Beans - - - 500 "

Disbursements cover charitable works, emigration, temple,
Deseret Hospital, home industries, books and buildings.

Sarah Eddington,
Rose Wallace,
Members of Committee on Charities and Philanthropies.

UTAH STAKE.

The Utah County Relief Society was organized May 14,
1878, though in all the towns and settlements branches of the
society complete in organization had been in working order
for many years; in fact early in the establishing of towns and
villages. The first permanent one wab in Provo, in 1857, and
its officers were Lucy M. Smith, President; Ruia A. Holden
and Nancy B. Fleming, Counselors; Sarah J. Blackburn,
Secretary and Treasurer. At the present time there are five

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branches of the society in Provo, each having the same
number of officers, for in this respect there is a perfect
uniformity throughout all the branches of the organization.

The presiding officers of the county at the present time
are — Mrs. Mary John, President; Mrs. Emily G. Cluff and
Marilla M. Daniels, Counselors; Secretary, Mrs. Caroline
Daniels; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Caroline B. Pratt;
Treasurer, Mrs. Johanna Patten.

There are twenty-six branches of the Relief Society in
Utah County, and 2,375 members. The source of income in
this county and in others also is from voluntary contributions
and the labor of members; the expenditures yearl}^ are
between four and five hundred dollars. The Utah County
society ranks very high, much having been accomplished
through the industry, diligence and executive ability of the
members, directed by the presiding officers in the several
local districts.

In silk culture especially the showing is excellent for this
county, many beautiful articles having been made; also in
spinning and weaving fiax, and in money to emigrate
widows and orphans from other countries, who were connected
with the Church of Latter-day Saints.

The good that has been accomplished through this
organization in the practical education of women in business
matters cannot be told in words; devising ways and means to
assist those in need to become in part or wholly self-supporting
is one of the chief objects of this society. It is also helpful
in mental and moral as well as spiritual training and disci-
pline, and has been a constant school, so to speak, for
women who are past the opportunities of regular school life,
and for those who through force of circumstances have never
had the advantages so easily obtained and so largely enjoyed
in the present day.

JUAB STAKE.

The Relief Society of Juab County was organized in a
stake capacity June 23, 1878, and consists of eight branches
all in most excellent working condition.

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As regards management of affairs financial, this county
ranks very high, and probably stands on an equality in other
respects with the majority. In fact there is much uniformity
in methods and teaching throughout the entire organization
in all its stakes and branches that it is comparatively easy
to carry on the work, through diligence and constant attention
to perform the duties pertaining thereto. The advancement of
women religiously, intellectually and morall}' is ever kept
in view; the lifting up of the unfortunate, the awakening of
thought to the higher and nobler purposes of life.

Presiding officers of the county are Mary Pitchforth
President, Amy L. Bigler and Hannah Jones, Counselors,
Ellen L. Goldsbrough Secretary, Charlotte Evans Treasurer.

This county owns considerable real estate, two halls for
meetings and like purposes, with vestry for ordinary uses,
sewing meetings, and places for storing property devoted by
the society for the needy, etc. The two halls are valued at
$3,370, which is the actual cost. They were built entirely by
voluntary contributions. The society have also dwelling
houses for homeless widows, which cost for building material
$813.35. Total in buildings, $7,188.35.

SEVIER STAKE.

The Sevier Stake Relief Society was organized May 25,
1879, and comprises twenty branches of the society. The
present officers are — Elizabeth Bean, President; Sarah J.
Spencer and Thyrza M. Thurber, Counselors; Christina
Sellers, Secretary; Maggie Brandley, Assistant Secretary, and
Maria Home, Treasurer. The number of members is about
900. The aims of this organization are the same as others
that form the General Society, and these are providing for
the needy, the sick and the helpless and other charitable
objects and works of womankind, improvements of every sort
helpful in these and similar directions for the good of
humanity, encouraging the highest morality and the most
implicit faith in our Heavenly Father. The annual expendi-
tures are about five hundred dollars, and this means is the

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proceeds of work done by the members, or donations made for
the express purpose. There is always cash, property and
wheat in the treasury, and contributions are received at all
times from any proper sources.

SANPETE STAKE.

Sanpete County was organized in February, 1879, and is
similar in all respects as to its character and work to other
stake organizations, except in one particular — that there is
in one settlement a number of Indian women, who are members
of the local society where they reside. The second officer in
the society is an Indian, and she speaks in the meetings with
the greatest freedom, exhorting the brethren as well as the
sisters to a higher moral standard and a greater purity of life
and character.

There are in this county seventeen branches of the
society, with a membership of over 2000, who devote them-
selves to the work of benevolence, relieving the wants of the
needy, comforting the afflicted, and assisting in all good
works for the blessing of mankind, teaching morality and the
principles of a religious faith, and training women in public
speaking.

The voluntary donations from members amount to about
^2,400 annually, and the total receipts to about $2,700.

This county has been very energetic in storing up wheat,
and much of it has been gleaned by the women and children.
There is in the granaries now on hand 8536 bushelsj which is
kept as a standing fund and not included in receipts or dis-
bursements, but is considered separate and apart. Real
estate, such as land, granaries, halls for meetings, etc., owned
by the society, is also always separate from the regular
amounts reported. There are quite a number of buildings
owned by women in this county, one or two of them quite
large and commodious, and in some places there are stores
and millinery establishments managed entirely by the Relief
Society.

REl^IEF SOCIKTY HALL, GUNNISOX, SANPETE CO.. UTAH.

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY. 19

The Relief Society Hall at Gunnison which is large
enough to serve as a theatre and concert hall, is a good
illustration of the executive ability women have shown who
have managed the various practical enterprizes that has made
this great organization such a success financially, as well as
in the kindly deeds of mercy and charity that bless and help
the whole world of humanity.

One of the peculiar ways they have contrived for
raising means in ' this county is by putting aside Sunday
eggs and using the means for a fund. In a three months'
report of the flourishing little city of Ephraim, situated in
this county, we find published in the Woman's Exponent of
August 1, 1878, the following figures, which give a good idea
of the Relief Societ}', and is a fair sample, not exceptional:

Donations in sundries

- % 78.55

Sunday eggs -

109.58

Cash donations

89.00

Apple and mulberry trees

41.00

Means from parties

40.00

Quilts made

23.00

Total .- - - - ^381.13

Certainly this is commendable. These reports published
from time to time show from what sources means have been
accumulated.

The Stake officers are — Mary A. Hyde, President; Minerva
W. Snow and Sarah A. Peterson, Counselors; Mary Hyde
White, Secretary; Mary Frantzen, Assistant Secretary; A. L.
Cox, Corresponding Secretary; and Julia Hyde, Treasurer.

DAVIS STAKE.

The Relief Society of Davis County was organized in
1878, on the 10th of April. There are in this county ten
branches of the society, each with its own separate organized
committees of workers like all the other branches of this great
organized body of women.

In this Stake there is considerable valuable property

20 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

owned by the women of the society, some lots of land planted
with mulberry trees, to aid in the silk culture, which has been
quite a industry in this locality. The first silk dresses made
in the Territory were manufactured in Farmington, Davis
County, by Mesdames Robinson and Clark; and there has been
quite a large quantity of cocoons raised by the members of the
society.

The society in this Stake also owns some buildings, a
number of granaries, with real estate valued at $3,690.49, and
quantities of grain, and is in a very prosperous condition in
every department, as well temporally as spiritually. Amount
of wheat stored, 1644 bushels and 401bs.

The officers are Susan Grant, President; Mary S. Clarke
and Jane Holt, Counselors; Phoebe Sessions, Secretary;
Zelnora Glover, Treasurer.

The financial condition corresponds with other counties,
but it being mostly a farming district, there are very few really
poor people, except in cases of sickness, or among new emi-
grants not accustomed to the habits and customs of the
country. The Relief Society has been a useful factor in
adjusting these matters, the helpfulness rendered to those who
are in a manner helpless is very great in the economy of the
home and domestic comfort.

One woman, Mrs. Patty Sessions, a widow for many
years, but a woman of naturally strong character, had princi-
pally through her own efforts and by industry and frugality,
accumulated considerable property, and some 5'ears ago she
built a schoolhouse for her own family and grandchildren
and great-grandchildren, and also for the education of the
poor in that neighborhood. The building will accommodate
about sixty children, and is well fitted up. The teachers
employed are women of superior practical ability, as well as
education. She left money at her death (which occurred
recently) the interest of which maintains the school regularly.
Her name is painted over the doorway,

PATTY session's SCHOOL.

Mrs. Sessions was born in the State of Maine, in Bethel,

THE NATIONAL WOMAN' S RELIEF SOCIETY. 21

Oxford County, and was while quite young a rather remark-
able woman. Her maiden name was Bartlett, and she mar-
ried David Sessions in 1812. In the summer of 1834 the
gospel in which we believe was preached in the Eastern
States, and the Sessions family were converted and baptized,
and in 1837 they left their home and relatives and traveled to
Missouri, then considered the Far West, and from that time
ever afterward her home has been among this people. She
came to this valley in 1847 and her sons were among the first
settlers in Davis County, where they still reside. The place
where they located was called Session's settlement, but is bet-
ter known at the present time as Bountiful.

WEBER STAKE.

The organization of the branches of the Relief Society of
Weber County was the first one effected, and was the pattern
by which all other branches of the society have been federated
together in uniformity. This took place at a conference of
the several branches in the Tabernacle in Ogden City, July
17, 1877. Many of the representative women of the Territory
and of Salt Lake City were present at the meeting. Mrs.
Jane S. Richards was appointed president, and entered upon
the duties of her office, which was only an enlargement of the
position she had previously occupied, which was as superin-
tendent of the five branches of the society in the cit}^ of
Ogden. She was therefore better prepared for this larger and
wider sphere of usefulness.

The officers of the county are — Mesdames Jane S.
Richards, President; Hattie C. Brown and Emily Shurtliff,
Counselors; Martha B. Cannon, Secretary; and Miss Hattie
Brown, Treasurer.

There are twenty-four branches in this Stake, and these
associations are all exceptionally flourishing. Mrs. Richards
has taken the utmost pains to keep up a spirit of enterprise,
and her efforts in the care of the sick and unfortunate have
been eminently successful. She is a natural nurse herself, and
possesses the happy faculty of superintending others and

22 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

teaching them easy, practical methods. The number of
workers enrolled is large accordingly, for it is one of the
smaller counties; but the young women are as a whole actively
interested in the labors of the society. The number is nearly
1200, and the average attendance is very good. A late report
of cash, property, and value of real estate on hand states:
Over $2,000; also 5169 bushels of wheat stored, and cash to
purchase grain, $362. When it is taken into consideration
that all the contributions are from women, either personally or
through various business enterprises, fairs and so forth,
managed by them, it is very remarkable in the aggregate.

In Weber County silk culture has received much encour-
agement, and it was in this locality the silk was produced
that was used for the handsome silk portiers given from Utah
foi the Woman's Building in Chicago, though at the time it
was reeled from the cocoons the Columbian Exposition had
not been planned, or perhaps not even thought of. The ladies
there have made many laudable efforts to establish home indus.
tries, to give employment to the needy and to render the poor
self-supporting. These efforts may yet, and no doubt will,
culminate in successful enterprises, and at an}^ rate these under-
takings are practically educational in a business way, and
cannot fail to be beneficial to those who have been actively
engaged in the methods of work.

BOX ELDER STAKE.

Box Elder is one of the most flourishing counties in the
Territory. It is like a fruitful vineyard; its orchards and
small fruits are abundant and of a superior quality, and its
grain is excellent and yields large quantities to the acre. All
these conditions help those engaged in works of charity and
benevolence, as the people are able to give more freely than
where resources are less plentiful. In this county the people
have entered largely into co-operative enterprises and institu-
tions, tending to build up a greater number than could otherwise
have been benefitted. The former president of the General

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY. 23

Board of the Relief Society (Eliza R. Snow, now deceased),
interested herself very much in this particular locality, and
used to call it a "model stake." The ladies of the county
have prepared a life-size picture of this grand leader, Miss
Snow, and it will be one of the exhibits in the Utah Building
at the World's Fair; and it is quite proper that one who had
done so much for the women of the Territory and the people
generally should have this appreciation.

In Box Elder County there are sixteen branches of the
society, with a membership of nearly 800. Like others, the
meetings are held semi-monthly. The real estate owned by
the society in the Stake is quite valuable, amounting to about
$3,700, and the annual expenditures of cash and other
property, such as provisions and clothing, for charitable,
home industries and other laudable purposes is about a thous-
and dollars, aside from the construction of buildings. It is
wonderful hovv' women in remote districts have gathered means
to buy land and to build halls and granaries, and do so much
in various ways without a standing capital, beginning with
only what could be collected by the visiting teachers. In this
county there have been a number of granaries and society halls
built. The best granary in the .Territory is situated in Brig-
ham City, the count}' seat, and is such a large and substantial
structure that it is a source of laudable pride to the women of
the society everywhere. It will hold many thousands of
bushels of wheat; about one thousand bushels are already
stored, and something over four hundred dollars on hand in
the treasury to purchase with at harvest time.

In Willard, about twelve miles from Brigham City, the
society owns two full lots, an acre and a quarter each, and on
one of these is a two-story building, the upper part of which
is used for the society, and is very nicely furnished. The
lower part is rented to the city council, and brings the society
in some means to help them in various charitable enterprises,
for it is not only giving donations that is creditable to women,
but planning and devising methods to obtain means.

There is in Brigham City a society auxiliary to the other.

24 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

called the Scandinavian Women's Society, which is to benefit
those who cannot speak the English language, and are seem-
ingly unable to learn it, particularly the aged women. This
organization has emigrated a large number of widows and sin-
gle women, who were members of our Church and anxious to
come to this country, where women have so much better
opportunities for self-help and advancement.

One cannot but conclude in looking over the ground and
taking into consideration the facts, that this really is one of
the foremost Stakes in the society at large. The average
attendance at meetings is also extra good when compared with
other counties.

The officers are — Mesdames Olivia Widerbdrg, President;
Mary Wright and Cecelia Reese, Counselors; Phoebe W. Snow,
Secretary; Emilia D. Madsen, Corresponding Secretary; Anne
Wixom, Treasurer.

MORGAN STAKE.

The Relief Society in Morgan County had several flourish-
ing branches all properly organized prior to the union in a
stake capacity, which was effected in August, 1878. Mrs. Lydia
.Rich was elected President, her Counselors are — Mrs. Martha
Tonks and Mrs. Mary Ann Simmons; Secretary, Mrs. Sarah
A. Rawle; Treasurer, Mrs. Ann Fry. The county is
situated where early frosts do great harm to crops, and the
grasshoppers have been very destructive as well; but the Re-
lief Society has never failed to do a good part, notwithstand-
ing all the obstacles they have had to meet, and consequently
the members and officers deserve greater praise than where
all the conditions have been and are so much more favorable.
Although crops have been short, the Relief Society has laid
up grain, and were a scarcity to come there would be a reserve
fund to draw upon. They have some good granaries, too, and
their diligence in many respects is most commendable. Their
society meetings are well attended, though many of them have
to go long distances, and it is a common occurrence.

THE NATK^NAI, WOMAN's RELIEF SOCIETY. 25

also in several other remote counties to go to meeting in
wagon loads, the horses harnessed and driven" by women and
girls, while men and boys are at work on the farm or in the
shop.

SUMMIT STAKE.

The Relief Society branches of Summit County were
organized in a Stake capacity in October, 1878, Mrs. Sarah S.
Richards, was the first President, and filled the position most
efficiently and satisfactorily, but in consequence of her remov-
ing from that county, a reorganization became necessary, and
Mrs. Mary Jane Atwood was elected President. Her Counsel-
ors are Mrs. Ann Cluff and Mrs. Ruth Pack. Mrs. Jessie S.
Boyden is Secretary.

Summit Stake Relief Society not only includes the county,
but also some branches of the Society in Wyoming, conse-
quently the numbers are large, and the superintending is more
of a labor than where the branches are close* together. The
Relief Society has a very flourishing store at Coalville, under
the supervision of Mrs. Ann Cluff, and the amount of means
it has brought in is quite considerable; but as we have not
the exact iigures, we can only say it has proved a financial
success. The women of this county have had Fairs year after
year, that have been a source of revenue, and also proven their
ingenuity and skill in handiwork as well as efficiency in.
management. The needy are well cared for, and the sick and
suffering administered to temporally and comforted spirituall}^
and the Society • manage to keep funds on hand for cases of
emergency. Indeed the officers have shown ability, prudence
and wisdom in the transaction of their affairs. It should be
stated, however, that this county has railroad facilities, and
that they are nearer to Salt Lake than many other counties,
although the President, Mrs. Atwood, and one of her Counsel-
ors, Mrs. Pack, reside at Kamas, which is away from the
railroad service; but the women of the Relief Society do not
allow any obstacle that can possibly be overcome, to hinder
them in the performance of duty.

( NAI KiNAl. woman's KKI.rEi- SOCIKIA', COXIIMKl) ON I'ACK (i-l . i

20 CHARITIES AND I'HI LAX-l'H ROPIKS.

DESERET HOSPITAL.

The Deseret Hospital Report, by Roumania B. Pratt, M. D.,

Resident Physician.

members of committee on charities and philanthropies:

M. Isabella Horne, Chairman.

Miss Annie M. Cannon, Secretary.

TJ^e Deseret Hospital Association was organized May 12,
1882. Salt Lake City, Utah. The officers were as follows:
Eliza R. Snow, President.
ZiNA D. H. Young. Vice-President.
Matilda M. Barratt. Treasurer.
E. B. Wells. Secretary.

M. I. Horne, Chairman Executive Commitee.
Marinda N. HydI'.,

PhO'.BE WOODRI'FF.

Bathsheba W. Smi'ih.

Jane S. Richards.

Ellen B. Fercuson, M. D. Resident Physician.

Elizabeth Howard, Chairman Visiting Committee.

finance committee:

S. M. Kimball, Priscilla Jennings,

Priscilla M. Staines, Annie G. Sharp.
Sarah J. Cannon, Hannah T. King.

Elizabeth Groesbeck, Ellen Dinvvoodey,
Elizabeth H. Goddard. Sophia W. Taylor.

visiting hoard of j^hvsicians:

Dr. S. B. Young.

Dr. W. F. Anderson.

Dr. Roumania B. Pratt, Eye and Ear.

Mary E. Vanschoonhoven. Chemical Registrar

and Dispensary Clerk.
Mary Ann McLean. Matron.

DESERET HOSPITAL. • 27

The Relief Society Stake Presidents are members of the
Honorary committee. Each one to represent the interests of the
hospital in her respective locality.

The Board of managers expect to establish in connection
with the hospital a school for the purpose of educating mid-
wives and a training school for nurses.

The dedication services of the Deseret Hospital were held
at the building on Fifth East Street, Salt Lake City, Monday,
July 17th, 1882, at 11 o'clock a. m. Of the First Presidency of
th6 Church John Taylor and Joseph F. Smith were present;
of the Twelve Apostles Wilford Woodruff, and F. D.
Richards; of the Salt Lake Stake, Angus M. Cannon, and
Joseph E. Taylor, Mayor of the city, William Jennings,
and Elders Charles W. Penrose, L . J. Nuttall and Joseph
Home. The president and officers of the institution and
many others were in the meeting.

Dr. S. B. Young read the programme of the services.

Prof. C. J. Thomas had charge of the music. Prayer by
President Wilford Woodruff.

After singing and prayer, Dr. Young read the circular and
appeal.

President John Taylor said his sympathies were with the
ladies in their labors of love for the establishment of this
Hospital, and subscribed a« trustee in trust of the Church
five hundred dollars. Many other speakers expressed their
good wishes for its success.

Mayor Jennings said he considered this Hospital was

needed in this Territoy, and that it would have his support

■ both by his means and his faith, and manifested his good

will by handing the President, E. R. Snow, a check for five

hundred dollars.

The latter part of July Dr. S. B. Young was appointed
as Medical Superintendent of the Hospital. Under the able
direction of Drs. Young and Ferguson, the Hospital received
a strong impetus, and much important work was successfully
done. The last of September, 1882, Dr. E. B. Fergu-
son resigned her position as Resident Physician, and Dr.

Z9 • CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

Mattie Paul Hughes was appointed to take the vacancy,
which she did October, 1882.

Dr. W. F. Anderson was appointed Visiting and Con-
sulting Surgeon about the same time.

The Hospital was removed from Fifth East street to
corner of Second West and First North streets about July,
1884, where it has since continued its good work.

April, 1884, Eliza R. Snow resigned her position as
President of the Board of Directors of the Hospital and
Hyrum B. Clawson was selected to fill the vacancy. Mrs. M.
Barratt also resigned as Treasurer. The Board of Directors
was then as follows:

H. B. Clawson, President; Zina D. H. Young, Vice-
President; E. B. Wells, Secretary and Treasurer; M. I Home
M. N. Hyde, Phcebe Woodruff, Bathsheba Smith, Jane S.
Richards; S. B. Young, M. D., Romanian B. Pratt, M. D.,
Ellis R. Shipp, M. D., W. F. Anderson as Consulting Sur-
geon. L. J. Nuttall, James Jack and A. M. Musser were
appointed Auditing Committee.

In the spring of 1885, Dr. Hughes resigned her position
as Resident Ph3^sician, and the Matron, Mrs. Jennie Whipple,
remained in charge, under the durection of visiting physi-
cians, until September, 1886, when Dr. Joseph S. Richards
was appointed Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, Dr.
S. B. Young having resigned. Dr. Richards appointed Mr.
Booth, as a student, to take charge in the hospital, Mrs.
Whipple remaining as Matron.

June, 1887, Dr. Richards resigned as Medical Superinten-
dent and Surgeon in Charge, and Romania B. Pratt, M. D.,
was appointed to take charge as Resident Physician, which
position she still retains.

Some of the officers of the Board of Directors being^
removed by death, and some by resignation, it is now com-
posed of the following names:

DESERET HOSPITAL. 29

BOARD OF DIRECTORS DESERET HOSPITAL:

H. B. Clawson, President.
ZiNA D. H. YouN«-, Vice-President.
Emjiieline B. Wells, Secretary and Treasurer.
* Elizabeth Howard, Assistant-Secretary and

Treasurer.
M. Isabella Horne, Bathsheba W. Smith,
Ellis R. Shipp, M. D., Priscilla Jennings,

Margaret Clawson, Ma'Rgaret RoiMnev,

Laura M. Miner.

The object of the Association is in a great measure
charitable, furnishing a place where the sick and aifflcted can
receive medical and surgical assistance at small cost or free.
All classes of any race or denomination receive equal care and
attention. The average number admitted for care and treat-
ment during the year, including out patients, is over one
hundred, making between eleven and twelve hundred during
the ten years of its existence.

The average monthl}' expenses are five to six hundred
dollars, making six to seven thousand dollars yearly expendi-
ture, which is almost covered by donations from Relief Socie-
ties, Young Ladies', Young Mens' and Primary Associations,
Mines, and fees paid by patients. The Hospital is not much
in debt, but falls behind some each year. Considering the
kind of patients admitted into the Hospital, many incurable
cases coming only to be cared for until death relieves them,
the death rate has not been high. Over four hundred opera-
tions, including most of the major operations, such as
wariotomies, etc., have been performed, and have been
attended with unusual success.

The school of obstetrics and training of nurses was
opened in June, 1887, and has been in successful operation
since that time. About thirty have received certificates, and
gone, many of them, to distant parts of the country to fulfill
important and useful positions.

* Died since this article was written.

30 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF UTAH.

As man is of the three-fold nature of body, intellect and
soul, so Catholic charities are directed to the relief and
betterment of his body, intellect, and soul; and as to the
objects of their beneficence, may be so classified. As to the
means used, they may be considered in two classes, those
employing physical and those employing spiritual means.
These ends are combined, and these means blended in varying
degrees by many of the religious and lay orders and societies
of the Church; so that neither of the above-mentioned classifi-
cations would be perfect.

I apprehend, however, that the term Charities is
differently applied by most non-Catholics, and its extension
restricted to those physical, as distinguished from spiritual,
acts which are intended to relieve the distress and improve
the condition of the physical man; and such I understand to
be the sense in which it is used by the National Conference
of Charities. I shall, therefore, confine my report to the
work and condition of such organizations and institutions in
this Territory.

First, in order of both time and importance, is the
Hospital of the Holy Cross, founded in 1875 by Right Rev.
Bishop Scanlan, and placed in the charge of the Sisters of the
Holy Cross. This magnificent institution had its humble
beginning and embryonic stage in an adobe building of eight
or nine rooms, located on the west side of Fifth East street,
between Brigham and First South streets. The building is
still standing, and now occupied as a dwelling house. Here,
on the 25th day of October, 1875, with two sisters in charge,
its doors were opened to whomsoever might seek its ministra-
tions. The following day it received its first patient, a miner.

Its usefulness was quickly recognized, and its very
limited capacity, which at best could not accommodate more
than twenty patients, was soon taxed to its utmost. However,

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF UTAH. 31

it Struggled along as best it could in its hampered condition,
until the year 1882, when the Right Rev. Bishop prevailed
upon the sisters to purchase the ten-acre block now occupied.
This was done after much hesitation on the part of the gentle
sisters, as they looked with fear and trembling upon the
assumption of what seemed to them at that time an enormous
debt, several thousand dollars. The purchase was finally
made, however, and the present admirably appointed building
at once erected. So great was their need of the new building
that the sisters, on the 27h day of June, 1882, moved into it
before the upper story was finished.

The present structure is arranged and built upon the most
approved hospital plans; and was erected under the personal
supervision of the chief of its medical staff, Dr. Fowler.
Every convenience and facility known to medical science is
speedily added. The building contains in all about sixty large
and well appointed rooms; some of them are more correctly
termed wards. Separate from the main building is the furnace
building, ice-house, etc., and a new department for treatment
of persons infected with contagious diseases, which has just
been erected at a total cost of about $3000.

The capacity of the hospital at present is about one hun-
dred and fifty patients; this does not include the new build-
ing for those contagiously diseased, which could probably
accommodate about twenty in an emergency.

The number of sisters in charge has been increased from
time to time, until instead of the original two, it is now
fifteen. The success of their work, and the love of all who
have been under their care, are the best testimonials of their
excellence.

The medical staff, to whose fame and skill is due a large
share of the credit for the rapid increase of the patronage and
celebrity of the hospital, is composed of Drs. Fowler, Pinker-
ton, Meacham and Meyer, who are so well and favorably
known that no extended eulogistic mention in this report
could add to the estimation in which they are held.

Since the foundation of the hospital to the present time
over fifteen thousand patients have been treated. Of this

L,HAK.lil£,S AIMJJ rn 1 l^rtiN 1 riKUri £- 3.

number about two thousand have been charity patients; the
others have, in whole or in part, paid for the treatment and
attention received. No person in need of attention is refused,
and, ot course, no discrimination is made for any cause what-
ever.

During the year 1892 over two thousand patients received
treatment; ot these 291 were out-door patients, viz., not
quartered in the hospital. Besides these, there were a number
of charity patients who were at the hospital but a short time
and of whom no record was kept. One of the medical staff
estimates the number of these charity patients during the past
year to have been as many as four or five hundred. There
are at present eighty-five patients in the hospital; a large per
cent, of them being surgical cases. Dr. Meacham is preparing
a history of recent important surgical cases, which will be
printed in pamphlet form and will be of great interest to
those interested in such matters, especially surgeons.

Large and well-equipped as the present building is it is
not considered adequate for the perfect treatment of its ever-
increasing number of patients. The fame of the hospital and
its medical staff has gone forth into all the country round about
and persons are brought from all the adjoining States and
Territories, among them being many cases requiring the
highest medical and surgical skill and most perfect methods
of treatment. It is the intention of the Sisters and medical
staff to erect another large wing arranged for the best possible
treatment of surgical cases. This wing will, probably, be
erected this year and its estimated cost is placed at thirty or
forty thousand dollars.

The principal financial support of the hospital is derived
from the payments by patients and a share of the monthly
contributions by miners. There is not a cent of debt, and the
hospital is in a very prosperous condition.

In 1879 a hospital was established at Silver Reef mining
camp. It was also in the charge of the Sisters of the Holy
Cross, and its chief support was derived from the monthly
contributions of the miners. It remained in operation until
1883, when, owing to the closing down of the mines in the

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF UTAH. 33

camp, it was discontinued. There was an average of about
twelve patients in the hospital, and a school was also con-
ducted in connection with it.

The Union Pacific Hospital at Ogden is not a Catholic
institution, but is in the charge of the Sisters of the Holy
Cross. The building, attendant physician, all apparatus, light
and fuel, are furnished by the Union Pacific Railroad Com-
pany, and the patients are solely those sent by the railway
officials. The sisters simply furnish food and attention, and
receive a weekl)^ compensation for each patient in the hospital.
This arrangement has existed for about four years. There are
five sisters in charge, and have an average of about thirty
patients. The building is well arranged and thoroughly
appointed for the best care and treatment of patients. It has a
capacity of about fift)'.

For several years Right Rev. Bishop Scanlan had been
planning the institution of an orphanage. About a year and
a half ago he announced that he had determined upon the
immediate founding of such an institution, and that, if neces-
sary, he would make a personal canvas from house to house
throughout the entire Territory to secure the necessary
assistance. This strong appeal brought a prompt response
from those most interested in such charity, and St. Ann's
Orphan Society was formed. This society has a membership
of about thirty prominent ladies of the diocese, and its object
is to render practical assistance to the needs of the orphanage
by soliciting contriubtions, making clothing for the children,
etc. It deserves much praise for the work it has already done.

St. Ann's Orphanage opened its doors on the 15th day of
October, 1891. It owes its creation to Right Rev. Bishop
Scanlan, and has been from the beginning under his
immediate supervision. It is in the charge of the Sisters of
the Holy Cross, who personally attend to the children and do
all the work of the institution.

The objects of the orphanage are:

Firstly. To house, clothe and feed children who are
either orphans, half-ophans, viz., such who have one parent
living, those who have been abandoned by their parents, or

34 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

those whose parents are, by sickness, poverty, or any other
cause, rendered unable or unfit to properly provide for them.

Secondly. To impart to such children sufficient educa-
tion and morality to enable them to earn an honest and
honorable livelihood and to become useful and worthy members
of society; and.

Thirdly. To procure for them, when sufficiently advanced
in age and education, suitable employment whereby they may
support themselves.

No discrim.mation or preference whatever as to creed,
color, or circumstance is made either in admittance, care or
kindness.

There is no fixed limit of age beyond which children will
not be admitted; but, children over fourteen years of age are
not taken, unless their condition is especially needy.

Especial attention is given to teaching the girls to sew,
cook, and perform all other household duties, intelligently
and skilfully

About sixty children have been received; and the average
number per month has been about thirty. There are thirty-
three children in the orphanage at present. Those children
who have been received but who are not now inmates, are
children whose parents were temporarily unable to support
them but have since resumed their charge. There have been
no deaths at the Orphanage, as yet.

The building occupied at present, is situated on the north-
east corner of Third East and First South Streets, and is
entirely inadequate for the proper accomodation, even, of the
present inmates. T"he great usefulness of the institution is
thus very seriously hampered and restrained.

The chief maintenance of the Orphanage is the monthly
contributions of generous and charitably disposed persons in
the city, non-Catholic, as well as Catholic; also donations.
The means, however, are frequently insufficient; but the
deficits are promptly supplied by the Rt. Rev. Bishop.

The Orphanage is in a fairly prosperous condition, but
much in need of a more commodious and better arranged
building and a larger fund of contributions.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF UTAH. 35

Perhaps some here present may be reminded of some out-
worn or unused article of clothing, or little odds and ends
which are of no particular benefit to yourselves; if so, I can
assure you that they would be most acceptable to those in
charge of the Orphanage.

Mrs. W. S. McCornick.

36 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE FIRST PRESBY-
TERIAN CHURCH OF SALT LAKE.

The society was organized in 1878. Mrs. J. C. Rayle
was the first president. It now numbers over fifty members.
A meeting is held the second Tuesday in each month, except
July and August, at which topics are discussed and papers
read according to the printed programme which is prepared
at the beginning of each year by the Literary Committee.

The money is raised by contributions, and during the
years from 1888 to 1892, inclusive, amounts to $537.00.
The present officers are:

Mrs. W. H. Tibbals, President.

Mrs. J. R. Caskey, First Vice-President.

Mrs. T. K. Sage,. Second Vice-President.

Mrs. J. A. Earls, Third Vice-President.

Mrs. Annie L. Bascom, Treasurer.

Miss Lorbough, Recording Secretary.

Miss Nellie Johnson, Corresponding Secretary.
A Young Ladies' Missionary Society was organized in
1883 among the pupils of the Collegiate Institute in connec-
tion with the First Presbyterian Church. The society num-
bers twenty-five members, and raised about $10.00 yearly.

woman's aid society first PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SALT LAKE,

UTAH.

This society was organized January, 1882. The founda-
tion of the society was the result of a request by the pastor
that the women of the Church aid him in his benevolent work,
as it had grown beyond his ability to care for it.

As the Church grew in size it was found necessary to
make provision for the social intercourse of its members. A
Visiting Committee was appointed to call on all the strangers
in the congregation. Another committee was appointed to

HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 37

visit among the poor and investigate and assist cases of
charity reported to the society.

This charity is not confined to the poor of the Church
alone, but it aims to relieve the suffering of any destitute
persons wh© cannot procure help from other sources.

A record has not been kept of the number of persons
relieved, except during the past two or three years; but it
would probably average fifteen cases a month, some of them
being assisted during the entire year, as in the case of feeble
or aged people. That average would amount during the ten
years to one thousand eight hundred cases, which is no
doubt a low estimate.

The yearly expenditure for the last few years has been
about $200. The money is raised by voluntary monthly sub-
scriptions of the members. A business meeting is held the
first Tuesda)' in the month, at which all cases are reported
and arrangements made for social entertainments. This
business meeting is preceded by a social or reception, with a
light luncheon served at one o'clock by a group of ladies, who
take their turn in alphabetic order. A bi-monthly sociable is
held in the evening for all members of the congregation.
The present officers are:

Mrs. H. G. McMillan, President.

Mrs. J. Brinkee, Vice-President.

Mrs. J. C. E. King, Secretary.

Mrs. M. K. Parsons, Treasurer.

Miss M. E. Moore, Benevolent Committee.

the aid society of the WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF

SALT LAKE CITY.

This society was organized November 22nd, 1888, with
seventeen members. The object of the society is to help in
all charitable work. The persons assisted have been princi.
pally women and children, who have been furnished with
money for food, rent and fuel, or with clothing, which has
been made by the society, especially for children, in order
that they might attend the Sunday School.

The society has assisted since its organization up to the

38 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

present time two hundred and seventy-five persons. The
money is raised by collections. It has also raised ^900 for
repairs on the Church, and for the Sunday School. The
officers are:

Mrs. t. i^. Arnold, President.

Mrs. a. B. Libbey, Vice-President.

Mrs. W. Rhodda, Treasurer.

Mrs. W. O. Williams, Secretary.

THE HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF WESTMINSTER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SALT LAKE.

This society raises about $50 yearly. The money is
raised by collections.

A society is also organized in the Sunda}' School.

ladies' aid SOCIETY, THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SALT LAKE

CITY.

The society was organized April 7th, 1892.
Mrs. Hoag, President.
Mrs. Davis, Vice-President.
Mrs. Weeks, Treasurer.
Mrs. Redfield, Secretary.
The society has about fifteen members. The chief work
so far has been to furnish the Church which has been built
but a few months.

The amount of money raised and expended, $110.

ladies' home AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, THIRD PRESBY-
TERIAN CHURCH, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

This society was organized October, 1892. The Church*
itself was only organized the preceding June.
Mrs. Josiah McLain, President.
Mrs. H. C. Care, Vice-President.
Mrs. W. a. Hough, Secretary and Treasurer.
It has as yet but six member.

Mrs. J. McVicKER.

BAPTIST CHURCH. 39

BAPTIST CHURCH,

REPORT ON CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES
OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

There is in connection with the First Baptist Church of
this city no society exclusively devoted to charitable work.

The Ladies' Aid Society was organized in the spring of
1884, and has been successfully sustained until the present
time. Since its organization its aim has been to assist the
needy wherever found, and while ministering to the needs of
the body, to also feed the hungry soul. While the Church
School was in operation much aid was given to- destitute chil-
dren in the way of clothing, thus enabling them to avail them-
selves of the educational advantages offered. Although the'
poor immediately connected with our Church have been care-
fully sought out and aided, by far the greater part of our
charity has been given to those not identified with any
relipfious organization.

The society has given clothing, food and money, the latter
generally expended by committees for needed food, fuel, medi-
cine or house rent.

It is impossible to give details, but it is deemed safe to
estimate the annual expenditure at $200, making the aggregate
since 1884 $1600. The names of the present officers are:
Mrs. E. E. Kuntz, President.
Mrs. J. E. Berkley, Secretary.
Mrs. Dr. Maclean, Treasurer.
The Womans' Missionary Society was organized in the
summer of 1890, and although its plan of work aims to deal
with the spiritual rather than the material body, yet the lines
of work are so closely allied that many destitute families have
been first clothed and fed, then welcomed to the Mission Sun-
day School. The work of this kind done by this society is
estimated at $50 per year, or for the two and a half years $250.

40 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

The charitable work of the Mission Churches is of such recent
date that no estimate has been made.

Mrs. M. R. Warner, President.
Miss L. E. Paine, Vice-President.
Mrs. E. Hawxhurst, Secretary.
Mrs. J. E. Berkley, Treasurer.

Respectfully submitted.

Mrs. M. R. Warner.

THE orphans' home AND DAY NURSERY ASSOCIATION. 41

ORPHANS' HOME AND DAY NURSERY
ASSOCIATION.

In the fall of 1884 Miss Elizabeth Dickey was sent by
the Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church to estab-
lish kindergartens in connection with the Presbyterian Mission
Schools in Utah. Miss Dickey had been working in Phila-
delphia in the free kindergartens connected with day nurseries,
and soon after her arrival in Salt Lake began to talk with the
ladies she met about establishing a day nursery in this city,
■After canvassing among the people of the different churches, a
meeting was called in October, 1884, at the First Presbyterian
Church, which was attended by about forty persons. An
organization was formed, and after several meetings a con-
stitution was adopted. The organization was called the Day
Nursery Association, its object being to found and sustain a
Day Nursery where comfortable home care should be provided
for childien too young to be left alone, whose mothers were
dependent for support upon their own earnings.

The officers were a president and vice-president from each
of the Christian Churches in the city, with one independent
vice-president to represent those outside of Churches who
wished to join in the work, also a secretary, treasurer and
auditor.

The city was canvassed by a soliciting committee, and
$900 raised; also furniture and other supplies were con-
tributed.

Part of a house was rented on First South and Third East
Streets, which is now occupied by the St. Ann's Orphanage,
and the Nursery opened with five children.

After a few months another house was rented on Third
South, near Sixth East, as the rooms first occupied were not
sufficient to accommodate the children brought to the Nursery.
A kindergarten was at once started, and Miss Dickey, who
was the first president, visited the Nursery daily.

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42 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

After the Nursery was moved to Third South Street Mrs.
Sarah Reed became the matron, and with an assistant cared
for all the children, among whom were at one time sixteen
babies. It was a constant struggle on the part of the mana-
gers to get food, clothing and supplies. Each Church contri-
buted to furnish a room, merchants, butchers and bakers sent
supplies of bedding and food. Many of the ladies sent prepared
food daily. Subscription lists were circulated for amounts to
be paid monthly, which with the membership fees, and the
nominal sum of five cents daily from the mothers, furnished a
small permanent fund. Thus the work went on for about two
years, when an effort was made to secure a permanent home
for the Nursery. A concert was given for its benefit, by
which some money was raised. In order to hold property,
the association must be incorporated, and while considering
this matter it was thought best to change the plan of works,
as the day system had been found impracticable, owing to the
long distance the mothers had to come in order to bring the
children in the morning and call for them at night. As a
result of this inconvenience, many of the mothers had left
their children in the Nursery during the week, only taking
them out over Sunday.

After the matter had been considered for some months, it
was decided in favor of adopting a new constitution and incor-
porating under the title of an Orphans' Home and Day
Nursery Association, whose object was to found and maintain
Orphans' Home and Day Nurseries for the relief of destitute
children. Each religious organization could be represented by
a director, and thus the Mormons, Hebrews, and Catholics
united with the Evangelical Churches in carrying on this good
work. The Catholic afterwards withdrew and established the
St. Ann's Orphanage.

The association purhased a neat, four-roomed brick cot-
tage, with a lot five rods by ten rods, on First South street,
near Twelfth East, for ^2000.

The Day Nursery Association had collected from October,
1885, to December 31st, 1886, ^1315.30. The expenditures
had been ^1121.10, leaving a balance of $201.60 for the new

THE orphans' home AND DAY NURSERY ASSOCIATION. 43

association. This amount was increased to $500 by various
means, and a payment of $500 made on the property. Then a
mortgage of $1500 was given to secure the remainder.

A subscription list was circulated among the bankers and
other business men, who responded generously. An enter-
tainment in the form of an author's carnival and ball was
given, and from all sources the sum of $2650.25 was raised.
This set the association on its feet, for the debt was paid, an
addition built on the cottage, a fine steel range bought, awning
and screens provided, and the garden and grounds put in order.
The only thing lacking was a good supply of water. The city
had not yet extended the water mains as far east as Twelfth
street, and as there was only ditch water from the canal, all
the water for drinking and culinary purposes must be purchased
at so much a barrel. An appeal was made to the City Council,
who responded by appropriating $100 for the water supply.
This they did for three consecutive 3^ears.

During the winter of 1887-8 a petition was sent to the
Utah Legislature, then in session, asking aid for the Home,
which was a Territorial institution in that it received children
from all parts of the Territory, and was the only place pro-
vided for destitute children. The committee from the Home
labored faithfully with the members, and were backed by peti-
tions from the Chamber of Commerce and all the leading citi-
zens; but all to no avail. The matter was put off with various
pretexts until the last moment, when it was brought up in
such a form that it was instantly defeated.

A former Legislature had passed a bill appropriating
$1000 to the Home, but it was so attached to other appropria-
tions that it was vetoed by Governor Murray, although he was
in favor of the Home.

Each succeeding Legislature has been asked to grant an
appropriation to the Home, but so far without any good results.

In August, 1888, an opportunity was offered to purchase
some property on South State street, just beyond the city limits,
consisting of about four acres of land, containing a house of
six rooms, a barn, with horse and buggy, a cow, etc., for
$3100. This property was secured and the cottage sold. The

44 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

children enjoyed the change from city to country, where they
could play under large spreading trees, laden with luxurious
fruit. An artesian well was on the place, but, not furnishing
sufificient water, another was sunk, and having been paid for
by money donated on account of Harrison's election, was
called the Benjamin Harrison.

With plenty of good water, fresh fruit and rich milk,
the children were so healthy that there was not one case of
sickness requiring the attention of a physician for many
months.

In the spring of 1891 a new Home was built at a cost of
about ^5000. It is three and a half stories high, the lower
story of red sandstone, with walls two feet thick, the upper
stories of brick. On the ground floor are dining rooms,
pantries, kitchen, closets, and a large hall where the furnace
is placed which heats and ventilates the whole building. The
second story contains a reception room, a large play-room in
the south-east corner, a hall, and two rooms for the matron.
Above this are the dormitories, which are light and airy, and
furnished with neat iron beds, with woven wire springs.
Adjoining the dormitories are rooms for attendants. The
attic above is well lighted and heated, and can be used when
there is need of more room. At the rear of the building is a
laundry, store-room and coal-house, connected with the main
building by a covered passage. Water is brought from the
well into the kitchen, and cement and gravel walks are laid
about the grounds and building.

The children attend the excellent public school but a few
rods distant from the Home.

There have been but three deaths in all the years, and
two of these cases were diseased when they entered the
Home. A physician's certificate must be procured before a
child can be placed in the Home, in order to protect the
inmates already there.

It is not the design of the association to keep the children
permanently in the Home, but rather as they are fitted and
good homes offered, to place them with families where they
will be kindly cared for and in many cases adopted. When

THE orphans' home AND DAY NURSERY ASSOCIATION. 45

children are entered by mothers, it is usually a temporary
arrangement until they can get a start to furnish a home; but
in some cases they are willing to give up the children
altogether. Fathers who have lost their wives sometimes
keep their children in the Home for years; but in such cases
they are required to pay double the amount asked of the
mothers, which is only $5 per month.

As the employes are only a matron, housekeeper and
washerwoman, each child is required to assist in some part of
the work as it is able, either in the house or about the
grounds. In this way they are fitted for future usefulness and
independence. The number of children in the Home has
varied greatly. The average during the month while in the
cottage was about fifteen. Since the new Home was built the
number has greatly increased, varying from twenty to thirty,
and over. The whole number for 1891, as stated in the
annual report, is 137.

The means for support have been obtained from member-
ship fees, . monthly subscriptions of money or meat, fllour,
groceries and other supplies, donations, board of children,
and the larger sums raised at entertainments, excursions,
musical teas, etc.

A plan of endowment has been adopted by which any
person paying $100 can name a bed and nominate the child
who shall receive the benefit of the endowment. Seventeen
beds have already been taken.

Since the first organization, in 1884, over $21,000 has been
raised and expended by the association, which is now out
of debt, and possessed of a comfortable and commodious
Home.

The Orphans' Home is the only non-sectarian institution in
Utah, and has cared for hundreds of children, and fitted many
for useful lives, who have gone to homes where they are loved
and respected, and who, if they had not been cared for in the
Home, would have swelled the number of those who fill our
jails and penitentiary.

46 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

The names of the present officers are:
Mrs. Hiram Johnson, President.
Mrs. R. H. Terhune, Secretary.
Miss Martha A. Locke, Corresponding Secretary.
Mrs. J. E. Bamberger, Treasurer.

Mrs. E. J. McVicker.

YOUNG LADIES AID SOCIETY. 47

YOUNG LADIES' AID SOCIETY.

REPORT OF THE YOUNG LADIES' AID SOCIETY FOR THE COMMITTEE
OF CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES OF THE SALT LAKE COUNTY
world's FAIR ASSOCIATION.

Name of organization — Young Ladies' Aid Society.

Date of organization--October 5th, 1886.

Present officers:

Emma McCornick, President.
Fanny Hanauer, Vice-President.
Bertha Hempstead, Secretary.
Blanche Mackintosh, Treasurer.

Object of Organization — To render help to the deserving
poor.

Class of persons assisted — All needing aid, irrespective of.
creed, age or nationality.

Number assisted — From twenty-three to fifty-five families
each month.

Average assisted each year- — Thirty-five families each
month.

Whole number assisted since organization — Two hundred
and fifty families.

Amount of money raised each year — Average amount,
fourteen hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-five cents.

How raised — By monthly subscriptions, and entertain-
ments.

Yearly expenditure — Average amount, fourteen hundred
and seventy dollars and sixty-five cents.

Brief history — The "Young Ladies' Aid Society," an out-
growth of the "Ladies' General Aid Society," was organized
October 5th, 1886, with a membership of twelve young girls.
As a non-sectarian institution its object was to aid all cases
of distress which came under its notice, irrespective of creed,
age or nationality.

It appoints each year a special visiting committee whose

48 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

dut}' it is to visit the homes of these people and learn as
nearly as possible their true condition that they may be
helped accordingly. Since its organization the society has
expended over nine thousand dollars.

This amount has been spent principally for rents, f6od
and coal, besides this a great deal of clothing has been made
and solicited and given away.

The Society has given assistance to two hundred and forty
families. Some of these have received aid every month since
its organization, others have been helped as occasion required.

The Society has endeavored to secure employment for all
who are able to work and has been the means of rendering
many self-supporting.

Those assisted regularly each month are either invalids,
or aged and infirm.

The Society's income is derived from regular monthly
subscriptions and occasional entertainments given by ' its
members, which have been most generously patronized by the
public.

Miriam Godbe Brooks.

Jan. 2nd, 1893.

PHILLIPS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 49

PHILLIPS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

REPORT OF THE PHILLIPS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

The Ladies' Benevolent Society of the Phillips Congre-
gational Church, Salt Lake City, was organized March 2,
1887. The aim of the society is to relieve the wants of the
poor anfd sick in the neighborhood.

The society raises the money used for charitable purposes
by sewing, private donations and fairs. The average yearly
amount raised is about $100, and the expenditures are the
same.

The teachers in the Phillips School located in the 10th
ward, saw the need of such an organization as they had many
poor children in their school, and invited the ladies of the
neighborhood who were interested in the matter, to meet with
them and decide what was the best thing to do. The organi-
zation of this society was the result of the conference.
Weeky meetings are held, at which time the ladies do sewing,
either for the poor, for those who send in work to do, or
for the sales which the society has. No fees are charged as
many of the members of the society are poor.
The present officers are:

Mrs. Julia McGillivray, President.

Mrs. Jennie M. King, Secretary and Treasurer.

Executive Committee.
Mrs. J. L. Coombs. Mrs. D. W. Bartlett.

Mrs. Rice. Miss Flora M. Richards.

Miss Annie Baker.

50 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

There are at the present time four organized Ladies'
Charitable and Philanthropic Societies of the M. E. Church
in Salt Lake County, all located in the city of Salt Lake.

The Society of the 1st M. E. Church was organized
August 2nd, 1888, with a membership of thirty. It now
numbers fifty.

The present officers are:

Mrs. p. C. Brown, President.
Mrs. J. Post, Vice President.
Mrs. R. Dumbeck, Secretary.
Mrs. a. C. Ewing Treasurer.

Our charitable work is extended to any whom we find
in need. But we find the greatest number of needy people
outside of our church organization. Not more than half a
dozen needy persons have been found in our church since the
society was organized. The remainder of the persons helped
have been outside the Church. (The Epworth League does
the greatest part of the charitable work of the Church.)

No record is kept of the number assisted. There has
been expended by this Society an average of ^500.00 annually.
This money is raised by entertainments and donations.
The Aid Society of the Iliff M. E. Church was organized
August 4th, 1891, with a membership of eight. At the present
time it numbers twenty-five.
The present officers are:

Mrs. J. R. Bowdle, President.
Mrs. T. C. Iliff, Vice President.
Mrs. S. Rognon, Secretary.
Mrs. Mansfield, Treasurer.

The object of this society is to do charitable and philan-
thropic work. There is no record kept of the number assisted
but all who are found needy are assisted by this society. The
first year ending August 4th, 1892, the amount raised and ex-

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 51

pended was $74.35. The half year ending February 4th, 1893,
was $110.15.

The Aid Society of the Liberty Park M. E. Church was
organized July 5th, 1892.

The present officers are:

Mrs G. J. McKiBBONS, President.

Mrs. W. H. H. Spafford, Vice-President.

Mrs. C. F. Borden, Secretary.

Mrs. M. Carter, Treasurer.

The object of the organization is similar to all the so-
cieties of the M. E. Church. But its first work has been
directed and its money expended for the erection of a house
of worship. In the sixth month of its organization $138.05
has been raised and thus expended. These funds are raised
by membership fees and tea parties held at the homes of its
members.

There is an Aid Society connected with the 2nd M. E.
Church of this city.

Both church and society, have just been organized, so no
report can be made of work done at present date.

Mrs. J. Post.

52 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

To the Commiitee on Charities of the Salt Lake County Wo?-ld's
Fai}' Association.

I BEG leave to submit the following report of the work of
the Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society of this city for the past
year, together with a brief history of its work since its organi-
zation. ^

The receipts during the year 1892 were $749. 00. and dis-
bursements were $757.00. Twenty-eight persons were
assisted. The majority of which were transients. The
officers for the year:

Mrs. Louis Hyams, President.
Mrs. Fred. Simon, Vice-president.
Mrs. Joe Oberndorfer, Treasurer.
Mrs. S. Woolf, Secretary.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Mrs. Louis Cohn. Mrs. H. Bamberger,

Mrs. C. M. Freed.
The Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society was reorganized
Jan. 4th, 1888, with a charter membership of twenty-one, its
present membership is fifty-three. Although the organization
is sectarian in its membership they have always extended a
helping hand to all persons applying for aid. Twenty is the
average number of persons assisted each year, and ninetj'-six
the total number assisted since their organization. Their
income is derived from dues and proceeds of social enter-
tainments. The total receipts from all sources for the past
five years was $3093.50 expenditures for same period were
$2416.50. All of which is respectfully submitted.

Mrs. Louis Hyams.

BURLINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 53

BURLINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

REPORT OF BURLINGTON LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY;

Early in the year 1889, the ladies interested in the
Burlington Congregational School, Salt Lake City, met at the
school house and organized an aid society whose aim is to aid
any needy and sick.

During the four years of its organization, many sick and
needy ones have had their wants relieved. Letters received
from such ones show that they fully appreciate the kindnesses
shown to them.

Weekly meetings for sewing and social converse are held
by the society.

Yearly fairs and festivals are held,'^the proceeds of which
are used for charitable purposes.

The present officers are:

Miss Anna Baker, President.
Miss Fanny Hall, Sec. and Treas.

54 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

LADIES' AID SOCIETY.

REPORT OF THE LADIES AID SOCIETV OF THE CENTRAL CHRISTIAN

CHURCH.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Central Christian Church
was organized June 17th, 1890.
The officers are:

Mrs. T. R. Tisdale, President.

Mrs. |. M. Breeze, Vice-president.

Mrs. Hoops, Secretary.

Mrs. J. C. Budds, Treasurer.

The object of the society is to aid the pastor in his work
of visiting the sick, or in such other ways as he may suggest
or direct. To devise methods for cultivating social and
friendly intercourse throughout the membership of the church.
To devise ways and means for raising money to aid in carry-
ing on the various departments of church work.

We have no organized charities in the society, ours being
a mission church we have needed all our funds to assist in
carrying on the church work.

The amount of money raised by the society the first year
was $280.25. The amount raised the second year $400.25.

Total amount $680.50.

The money was raised by invitation fees and dues as
members of the society, by socials and bazars. The amount
on hand $10.00.

The above amount has been expended in sustaining and
advancing the work of the Church.

Dr. Mrs. M. J. Green.

ladies' auxiliary. ' 55

LADIES' AUXILIARY.

To Mrs. E. B. Wells, President of Salt Lake County 'WorlcT s
Fair Cotnmittee.

Dear Madam: — We take great pleasure in submitting the
following report as to the object and work of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Young Mens' Christian Association of this
city as requested by your secretary.

The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Young Men's Christian
Association was organized Nov. 25th, 1890, with nineteen
members on its roll.

Its object is best defined by its name. It is to aid or
help the association in whatever they may undertake where
help is needed.

A little more than two years have elapsed since the organ-
ization of this society, and the success that has crowned its
efforts go to show the need in which the association stood of
such an ally.

We have given about fifteen entertainments, some of
which have been literary and social entertainments, and from
such most of our funds have been raised. We have also given
free membership socials, which gave members the opportunity
of becoming better acquainted. Three New Year's receptions
have been given, where fully twelve hundred people have been
served with lunch; and three book socials, at which four hun-
dred and sixty books were donated. During this time about
five hundred dollars have been raised, two hundred of which
were used in furnishing the parlor of the rooms, and the
balance in various ways for the benefit of the association.

We now have a membership of forty-five. Our officers
are:

Mrs. Geo. J. McKibbin, President.
Mrs. G. F. Stiehl, Secretary.
Mrs. Hudson Smith, Treasurer.

58 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

week, whose dut}- it was to call upon all strangers and others
that we would hear of. Many were sick and needed attention
as well as money. Many were here stranded, anxious to get
to their friends, or where they could do better for themselves.

Three of that class we helped with money, to the amount
of ^50, to go on their way rejoicing. The numbers assisted
and comforted otherwise it would be impossible to give.
Money disbursed by the Auxiliary was raised by means of
dues, socials and entertainments.

Expenses of the society were nothing, as we met at the
houses of the members.

During the summer, times became so very close that we
thought best to adjourn until money was easier. We hope
and expect to call our society together just ac soon this spring
or as it looks favorable to raising any money, as a society with
an empty treasury is of no account.

Respectfully submitted.
E. J. Peabody, Secretary and Treasurer.

NEEDLEWORK CxUILD OF AMERICA. 59

NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF AMERICA.

SALT LAKE CITY BRANCH.

Mrs. Margaret B. Salisbury, 574 E., First South Street,

Honorary President.
Mrs. W. a. Nelden, 231 S. Sixth East Street, President.
Mrs. Edward B. Critchlow, 430 S. Seventh East Street,

Secretary.
Mrs. Walter Murphv, 435 Uintah Place, Treasurer.

The Needlework Guild of America, organized in Phila-
delphia, April, 1885, is modeled after the pattern of the work
founded in England ten years ago by Lady Wolverton. It
has spanned the Atlantic, and now stretches almost from
ocean to ocean across this fair land of ours.

The Guild of America is composed of many organiza-
tions, called branches. Branches may be formed anywhere,
and control the distribution of their own garments.

Cities having a population of 25,000 and over must be
organized in Sections. Anyone can organize a Section.

A Section consists of a President, Secretary, at least
three Directors, and their members, and must return annuall)^
not less than 110 garments. When ten Sections are formed,
they shall be organized into a Cit}' Branch by the election of
an Honorary President, President, Secretary, and Treasurer,
for the entire Branch. There shall be no Vice-Presidents, as
the Section Presidents stand in that relation.

The President of the Branch is a member of the Central
Bureau.

The object of the Guild is to furnish new, plain, suitable
garments to meet the great need of our Hospitals, Homes,
and other Charities.

vMen, women, ^and children may become meuibers.

It is non-sectarian.

All members must contribute annually two or more new-
articles of useful clothing.

58 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

week, whose dut}' it was to call upon all strangers and others
that we would hear of. Many were sick and needed attention
as well as money. Many were here stranded, anxious to get
to their friends, or where they could do better for themselves.

Three of that class we helped with money, to the amount
of $50, to go on their way rejoicing. The numbers assisted
and comforted otherwise it would be impossible to give.
Money disbursed by the Auxiliary was raised by means of
dues, socials and entertainments.

Expenses of the society were nothing, as we met at the
houses of the members.

During the summer, times became so very close that we
thought best to adjourn until money was easier. We hope
and expect to call our society together just ac soon this spring
or as it looks favorable to raising any money, as a society with
an empty treasury is of no account.

Respectfully submitted.
E. J. Peabody, Secretary and Treasurer.

NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF AMERICA. 59

NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF AMERICA.

SALT LAKE CITY BRANCH.

Mrs. Margaret B. Salisbury, 57-1 E., First South Street,

Honorary President.
Mrs. W. A. Nelden, 231 S. Sixth East Street, President.
Mrs. Edward B. Critchlow, 430 S. Seventh East Street,

Secretary.
Mrs. Walter Murphv, 435 Uintah Place, Treasurer.

The Needlework Guild of America, organized in Phila-
delphia, April, 1885, is modeled after the pattern of the work
founded in England ten years ago by Lady Wolverton. It
has spanned the Atlantic, and now stretches almost from
ocean to ocean across this fair land of ours.

The Guild of America is composed of many organiza-
tions, called branches. Branches may be formed anywhere,
and control the distribution of their own garments.

Cities having a population of 25,000 and over must be
organized in Sections. Anyone can organize a Ssction.

A Section consists of a President, Secretary, at least
three Directors, and their members, and must return annuall}--
not less than 110 garments. When ten Sections are formed,
they shall be organized into a City Branch by the election of
an Honorary President, President, Secretary, and Treasurer,
for the entire Branch. There shall be no Vice-Presidents, as
the Section Presidents stand in that relation.

The President of the Branch is a member of the Central
Bureau.

The object of the Guild is to furnish new, plain, suitable
garments to meet the great need of our Hospitals, Homes,
and other Charities.

vMen, women, ^and children may become members.

It is non-sectarian.

All members must contribute annually two or more new
articles of useful clothing.

GO CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

Any member obtaining contributions from ten or more
persons (or the equivalent, twenty-two garments) becomes a
Director; not less is required of each officer.

Through the efforts of Mrs. W. A. Nelden, the ladies
of Salt Lake City have become interested in it, and the few
gathered in Mrs. Nelden's parlor one warm afternoon in May,
1893, have increased to an army of five hundred' and fifty
members, called the Salt Lake City Branch of the Needlework
Guild of America.

A Branch consists of ten Sections, with an Honorary
President, President, Secretary and Treasurer. Each Section
must have at least five Directors, one of whom shall be Presi-
dent, and one Secretary of the Section. Each of these five
pledges herself to obtain ten others, who shall promise to con-
tribute two new garments a year, making twenty-two garments,
or one hundred and ten for each Section. Each ten send in
their garments in October to their Directory; by the Directors
they are sent to the Presidents of the Section: and by the
President sent to a specified place, and then distributed
according to the vote of the Officers and Directors, to the-
needy and destitute in Hospitals, Orphanages, Homes and
among the poor, making in all a distribution of eleven
hundred good, strong, new articles of clothing. The work is
so simple, yet so far reaching in its beneficence, so easy, yet
so great in its accomplishments, that we should each feel glad
to be one of its workers, and make of our Branch a telling
power for good in the city, and throughout the Territory.

Notices have been sent to all the known charitable
organizations in the city, which have been generally re-
sponded to.

In addition to these, the destitute and needy of all
classes, to whom a new garment may bring a blessing and
help more to uplift morally than many gifts of old clothes
from the attic.

Mrs. Edward B. Critchlow, Secretary.

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OGDEN CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.

The Ogden Charitable Association was organized March
2nd, 1891, and incorporated in July of the same year with
fifty-nine members and the following officers:

Mrs. p. H. Emerson, President.

Mrs. J. A. Miner, First Vice-President.

Mrs. F. J. Kiesel, Second Vice-President.

Mrs. Joseph Meleyter, Secretary.

Mrs. a. H. Nelson, Treasurer.
directors:
Mrs. Ransford Smith, Mrs. L. C. Richardson,

Mrs. Abe Kuhn, Mrs. R. P. Hunter,

Mrs. M. S. Preshaw, Mrs. A. J. Warner,

Mrs. Archibald Bigelow, Mrs. J. H. Loomis,

Mrs. J. N. Kimball, Mrs. H. W. Smith.

advisory committee.
Mayor Turner, Hon. D. H. Peery,

Judge Bishop, Rev. S. Unsworth,

City Physician Jones, E. M. x\llison, |r.

The funds for the work of the Society are secured by an
annual charity ball, by membership dues and donations.
Our expenditures are limited to so much per month, accord-
ing to our income.

The city is divided into twelve districts, with a directress
in charge of each, and when a family is reported as needing
assistance, the fact is made known to the directress in whose
district the famil}^ reside, who visits them, and if found
worthy, she is allowed a certain amount for their relief. In
cases of emergency, the President is authorized to relieve an
applicant to the amount of five dollars.

The first year of this organization the children of the
public schools of Ogden made a donation on Thanksgiving
Day of fruits and vegetables for the poor of the city, which
was distributed by the officers of this Association. Each

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child gave as many apples, potatoes or other vegetables as
they were years old.

In September, 1891, Mrs. Cordon, of Ogden, offered to
donate a large tract of land, just outside the city, on which
to erect a building as a Home for the Friendless. As there
was no prospect of necessary funds to proceed with this work,
the project was abandoned.

Two years ago the General Superintendent of the U. P.
Coal Department gave the Society a car load of coal, which
they did not feel able to repeat last year.

Donations of half-worn garments have been received and
distributed. We have also had gifts of flour, and one of our
merchants sent us forty pairs of good, warm, woollen hose
to distribute among the children of the poor.

The sick have been provided with nurses; surgical opera-
tions performed gratuitously by skilled physicians for those
under our care; passes secured to convey the unfortunate to
their friends, and it seems vain to attempt to recall the many
avenues through which we have been able to relieve poor,
suffering humanity.

Bright as the record is we are not satisfied. This; plan
affords onl}^ temporary relief. Had we the funds at our
command to work with, we would find a more practical charity
in establishing cooking and sewing schools for the girls, and
manual training schools for the boys, that our young people
may be fitted to take care of themselves.

Still it is the best we can do under existing circum-
stances. While it is necessary to be ever on our guard for
impostors, we feel that the burden has been lifted from many
a heart, and scores have had reason to bless the Ogden
Charitable Association.

The present officers of the Association are:

Mrs. p. H. Emerson, President.

Mrs. T. a. Whalen, Vice-President.

Mrs. F. J. Kiesel, Second Vice-President.

Mrs. J. Marks, Secretary.

Mrs. F. J. Cannon, Treasurer.

OGDEN CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION. t>3

DIRECTRESSES.

Mrs. H. W. Smith, Mrs. F. J. Kiesel,

Mrs. Abe Kuhn, Mrs. L. M. Richards,

Mrs. Charles Nelson, Mrs. E. J. Stevens,

Mrs. R. Smith, Mrs. L. C. Richardson,

Mrs. a. J. Warner, Mrs. Ad Kuhn,

Mrs. J. N. Kimball, Mrs. P. L. Anderson.

Mrs. p. H. Emerson, President.

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CACHE STAKE.

Cache County is one of the richest farming districts in
all Utah Territory; in fact it is a great agricultural garden,
and is very beautifully located. The mountains, hills,
canyons and streams are delightful to the eye, and the fertile
vales are filled with happy homes, where peace and plenty
are the reward of industry and toil. In this county there
are twenty-six branches, all in good order, and with prosper-
ous conditions. The people are in the main self-supporting,
but when one considers all the disadvantages of those who
emigrate from other States, particularly from the South, it is
not strange that material help is often needed. It is a famous
wheat raising locality, and some of the very best qualities of
wheat and grain are from this part of the country.

The first branch of the Relief Society organized in this
county was in Logan, in 18H8, and the union in a Stake
capacit}^ was in 1878.

The President is a very practical woman, and is also
decidedly spiritual in her nature, and possessing this combina-
tion of character is well qualified for the position. There has
been large quantities of grain stored, and many of the mem-
bers have been, and still are, deeply interested in this noble
enterprise. The Temple built in Logan, the county seat, and
dedicated in May, 1884, had received numerous contributions
of money from the Society some quite large sums and also
articles of value, artistic in design and showing ingenuity in
the arrangement. Although this may not be considered
strictly philanthropic work, yet the poor are as much bene-
fitted by the beautiful, and their higher nature developed
through things of beauty in works of art as many other ways.

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The poor and humble enter our Temples with the same
privileges and freedom as those more highly favored with
wealth, and if they have assisted in some adornment of these
holy places their jo}' and happiness is thus increased. The
"widow's mite" is as acceptable in the Relief Society as the
munificent donation of the woman who rides in her carriage
and controls her thousands or millions.

The present board of officers is Mesdames Adeline H.
Barber/ President; Luc}' S. Cordon and Luna Y. Thatcher,
Counselors; B. L. Ormsby, Secretary; and Elizabeth L.
Crowther, Corresponding Secretary; Frances Wood, Treasurer.
The present membership is 11,911, and the annual expendi-
tures last year were $1,366.40, wheat stored, 5,513 bushels;
cash on hand to buy wheat, $248.00. Real estate valued at
nearly one thousand dollars.

RICH COUNTY.

This county is situated in the northern part of the
Territory, and is included in the Bear Lake Stake, which has
its headquarters in Paris, Idaho; but as it is a part of Utah,
it seemed proper to give it in this sketch of the Society in
Utah. There are several branches in Utah as well as those
in Idaho, and the means raised are about equal to the needs
of the people assisted, though some means are kept in the
treasury for emergencies, and the President at Randolph,
and her aids. Secretary and Treasurer, are able women,
eminently qualified for the responsible offices they hold of
teaching and counseling among the women of the county. S.
Tyson, President; Jane Peart and M. McKinnon, Counselors;
Phoebe Larson, Secretary, all of Randolph, the count}' seat of
Rich County, Utah Territory.

TOOELE STAKE

Tooele County is situated west of Salt Lake County
and borders on the Great Salt Lake. The Lake is a
popular summer resort, and gives considerable prestige to the
locality. Trains running several times a day during the hot

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weather carry thousands of bathers, many of them tourists, to
this delightful and invigorating dead sea bath. There are
only seven branches in this Stake, but the county is small
and not thickly settled. The members of the Society, however,
are as energetic in the fulfillment of duties, and in looking
after the wants of those who are in need, as in the larger
and more flourishing places, and deserve greater praise than
where the conditions are easier. The President, Mrs. Mary
Ann Hunter, is a Pennsylvania woman (raised a Quaker),
and has the sweet, gentle manner characteristic of that
denomination. She is a good manager, and looks well after
the temporal interests as well as the spiritual development of
the people over whom she presides, and does not neglect the
welfare and comfort of the widows and orphans, the sick, the
sorrowing, the helpless and unfortunate, and is in all respects
a wise and prudent woman, worthy of the trust imposed in
her, and a veritable mother in Israel.

The present officers are Mrs. Mary Ann Hunter, Presi-
dent; Mrs. Khoda Lyman and Mrs. Emily Anderson,
Counselors; Mrs. Mary A. House, Secretary; Mrs. Ann Tate,
Corresponding Secretary.

WASATCH STAKE.

The organization of branches of the Relief Society in
Wasatch County began as soon after settlements were made
there, as it was possible for women engaged in colonizing in
new localities to arrange these matters. The Stake organiza-
tion was formed September 3, 1879, the same year that nearly
all the Stakes entered. into this uniformity. The officers are
Mrs. Emma Brown, President; Mrs. Sarah Alexander and
Mrs. Mary Daybell, Counselors; Mrs. Hannah Harbour, Secre-
tary; and Mrs. Mary McMillen, Treasurer. This Society has
eight branches, and is in a good condition in all its depart-
ments. The President is very efficient, and takes the utmost
pains to visit around, and acquaint herself with all that per-
tains to the interest of those over whom she presides, seeks
to become familiar with the women who work in the several

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branches, and to make everything easy and pleasant for those
who live in remote places, and have not equal opportunities
of gaining information and keeping up with the times. The
means accumulated in this county are not so large
as in many others on account of there not being any railroad
through it, and the canyons render it impracticable to travel
at some seasons of the year. There are not so many build-
ings, or as much grain stored as in many of the other Stakes.
However this is not in the least owin'g to a lack of energ}''
on the part of the women who have charge, for they have
manifested a zeal and enthusiasm worthy of the noble cause
they have so ardently espoused for the good of humanity in
its truest sense. Their labors are worthy of great commen-
dation, more particularly so because of their peculiar
circumstances and surroundings. It is impossible to tell
what embarrassments women have to labor with, and what
annoyances to contend with in these outlying counties and
towns, far from the center of the Society, the headquarters,
and where the visiting missionaries can only meet with them
occasionally or at long intervals, to give the necessary
instructions; for we ail know who labor in these great
organizations, how little one can get from a circular letter, or
newspaper even, but the definite teaching given by the
individual, the association, the personal contact is the power
that inspires the work and makes the greatest and most satis-
factory impression. There is much done in this way in Utah
and other places, but being done by women, who have all their
home duties and domestic cares, to attend to, and by women
who labor in public interests without any remuneration, it is
not possible to do all one feels would be beneficial, but the
seed has been and is being sown that will cause others
to arouse themselves to the imperative needs of greater
philanthropic work that all may partake of the knowledge
that will guide to a better and higher and truer life here, and
lead them to obtain and seek after the precious boon of eternal
life hereafter, by obeying the precepts of the Savior, "Love
thy neighbor," and doing practically the things required,
learning the lesson thoroughly, not in word only, but in deeds

68 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

of love, mere}', gentleness, chirit}' and long-suffering. It is
this higher education and development women need, and to
which they are opening the way by treading the path of
experience that will make it easier for those who are to come
after them.

In Wasatch County there are about five hundred members,
and they hold regular meetings in their respective branches,
and they are doing wonderfully well, considering the dis-
advantages of their surroundinss and environment.

EMERY STAKE.

Emery County is one of the newly settled districts, and
the people have had a hard struggle to make it fertile, making
ditches and building dams under great difficulties, to have
them washed away, and to rebuild keeps the people poor, and
though industrious, their exertions must be more than
redoubled to secure ordinary prosperity. Women have their
share to bear in all adverse conditions and relations of family
life and society in the rural districts as in the more thickly
settled places, and to exercise even more the fortitude and
endurance possessed by the gentler sex. Banded together in an
organized capacity, women can do so much more to help in
all directions and pursuits. This is one of the lessons learned
through the Relief Societ5^ Without this organization not
half so much could have been done, because the united
efforts of women have been joined to those of men, and all
have pulled together for the best good of the settlement in
which they were located.

The Relief Society was organized in August, 1882, as soon
as the people were settled in this new and isolated county,
and like the other counties, the officers and members are
diligent and faithful, looking after the wants of those who
need assistance, teaching the principles of virtue, morality and
righteousness; laboring, too, to store up grain against a day of
famine. The circumstances in that county have been very
trying, and it seems that all the hardships incidental to-

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colonization have accumulated to hinder their progress, yet
they have energetically persevered.

There are twelve branches with about five hundred
members, and their annual disbursements are about $231,
and they have a small fund always in the treasury, besides
property, buildings and real estate. They have about three
hundred bushels of wheat stored, which is quite remarkable
considering it is not a wheat growing county.

The Stake officers are— Mesdames Annie M. Larson,
President; Josie E. Childs and Ann Pulsipher, Counselors;
Mantie J. Shipp, Secretary.

MILLARD STAKE.

The several branches of the Woman's Relief Society of
Millard County were united into a Stake organization in 1879,
though in all the wards and settlements much good charitable
work had already been done in assisting the widows and
orphans, and in teaching women how to become more and
more self-helpful and self-supporting. Great care has always
been taken for the comfort of the aged, as well as the sick,
and it is one of the important duties of men:ibers of the
Society to be at the bedside of the lonely ones, when death is
near, and robe the body carefully and appropriately, ' when all
is over. To' tell of all, or half, or even a tithe, of the good
deeds done even in this one county would be impossible, but
we will note a few. Means are donated to send to other lands
to emigrate women and children who wish to emigrate hither,
and when they come they must have employment for them.
Small sums are donated by members of the Society and
industries are started under the auspices of the Association.
There is in our county one woman's co operative store,
managed entirely by women, and very prosperous, several
millinery and dressmaking establishments, and there are many
widows who own their own farms and manage them well, pay
their own taxes too. We have in this county three women
physicians, a number of telegraph operators, and clerks in
stores, besides many women school teachers. We have three

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halls, owned by the Society, for holding meetings in, and
some granaries for wheat, and about thirteen hundred bushels
stored against a time of need. We have ten branches of the
Society and our annual expenditures are about $300,00. This
of course does not include property on hand, or real estate
and buildings. The county officers are President, Elizabeth
Yates; Counselors, Lorinda Thompson and Martha B. Robin-
son; Delilah K. Olsen, Secretary; and Elizabeth Henry,
Treasurer.

Elizabeth Yates, President.

PAROWAN STAKE.

This though called Parowan Stake only embraces lion
County, and is one of the smaller counties, and not Very
thickly settled; however, the women are as persevering as
elsewhere, and even more so, considering the disadvantages
under which they labor, the distance they have to travel to
attfend meetings, and the pursuits necessary to obtain a liveli-
hood in a locality where there is no market available for
their products and away from railroads.

There are only seven wards or branches in the Stake,
and yet the sisters have dividends or capital stock in various
institutions, that help them to do the charitable work
prompted by their own generous impulses and to keep pace
with their sisters in other parts of the Territory. In the
regular meetings of the Society the teachings are of a moral
and religious nature; much is said of hygiene, the training of
our children and economy in the home life; we read and
study theological works as well as historical and miscella-
nous; we make quilts, carpets, and various articles of clothing
for those who are in need. We have in our locality co-opera-
tive cheesemaking on a very simple plan, which has been
very successful.

Our meetings are well attended, and we feel the Lord
blesses our efforts, and we have many times proven the truth
of the promise that where two or three are gathered together
in His name He would be there to own and bless them. We

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seek to be one with the sisters of our great organization, and
to work in harmony with them in all directions, to respond to
every call and to labor for the cause of humanity. Our
officers are President, Mary Ann Lunt; Sage T. Jones and
Annie C. Ward, Counselors; Sarah W. Chatterly, Secretary;
and Jane P. Mackleprang, Corresponding Secretary.

Mary Ann Lunt, President.

BEAVER STAKE.

Beaver County was organized in a Stake capacity in
September, 1878. It consists of four branches only, which
were in good working order previous to uniting them together
in this way. Beaver, though a small county, has been one of
the foremost in its work, and it is only just to say that the
women of that locality have been brave, industrious, and
always on hand to co-operate in any measure for woman's
advancement and uplifting. There are a large number of very
bright and able women living there, and one ought not to
forget in this connection the Welsh sisters in that county,
who are naturally eloquent and sympathetic, as also good
singers, which is alway,s an acquisition to any Society or work.
Though the members in this Stake are few, the noble deeds of
charit}^ and love are numerous, and they are never behind in
donations to any good cause. For years they have been
noted for their liberality, and the influence they wield in every
good cause is beneficial to society in every department of
life.

In home industries the members of the Society are help-
ful and various branches of fine needlework are taught, and
many other helpful kinds of work. The Society owns stock in
the Co-operative Mercantile Store, and is interested in many
public enterprises. They have some investments that are
profitable, and own real estate to the value of ^3,890.00, also
have on hand one thousand one hundred and twent3'-four
bushels of wheat.

The presiding officers of the Stake are. President, Lucinda
Houd; Sarah M. Dell, Lydia White, Counselors; Louisa
Jones, Secretary.

IZ CHARII lES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

Ruth W. Tyler, President of the Relief Society of Beaver
City, should not be forgotten in mentioning able workers in
the organization. She has been one of the strong pillars in the
movement for woman's uplifting from the very first inception
of the Relief Society, now more than fifty years ago. She has
labored long and arduously with many of the early champions
of woman's cause who are now sleeping in the silent tomb.

ST. GEORGE STAKE.

The branches of the Relief Society of Washington County
were fully and completely organized under one S3stem, in the
year 1878. However, even ten years prior to that time there
were many local organizations which did good work; but since
the complete organization the work has been of a very telling
character. The county organization at present consists of
twenty-two wards. Each ward has its own Society complete
in organization and equally systematic in work.

The total enrollment in the county organization is one
hundred officers, and about eight hundred members. Many of
the wards, perhaps one half, own their meeting houses. The
houses consist mostly of one room, neatly fitted up for meet-
ings. The house owned by the St. George Association is a
very creditable building, composed of a hall and stage, in
which one hundred and fifty people may be accommodated. It
is furnished with nice chairs and seats, the stage and aisles
carpeted; and it also contains a very good library and organ
for the use of the Relief and other similar Societies. Every
month the people of the ward are visited by the Relief Society
teachers; those who do not need comforting advice, nor the
comforts of life, have the privilege of adding their mite to
those who lack these blessings, and the teachers are the opera-
tors between the two. The officers of the county organization
are Mesdames Anna L. Ivms, President; Ann C. Woodberry,
First, and Hannah Miles, Second Counselors; Hannah C.
Bentley, Secretary and M. A. Woodward, Treasurer. The
report of the County Treasurer for the year ending March

THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY. 73

31st, 1893, is as follows: Cash in treasury, $825.50; property
1737.97; real estate, $157(i.OO; bushels of wheat, 399.

The Associations are all in a healthy and prosperous
condition, and all connected therewith feel determined to go
on m the good work.

M. JuDL), Com.

PANGUITCH STAKE.

The Relief Society of Panguitch Stake includes Garfield
County and a part of Piute County in that localit}'. It is not
thickly settled, and is one of the counties remote from rail-
roads, and has a long stretch of desert land still barren and
uncultivated; but the redeeming of the desert to make it
fruitful is a part of the faith of our people, and the Latter-
day Saints have accomplished much in this direction,
though even in Utah there still remains untilled soil to
work upon. Like other counties previously mentioned,
Garfield had branches of the Relief Society here and there
wherever wards were organized, and in June, 1878, these
branches were united in a Stake and the following officers
appointed who are still in active service:— Barbara Myers,
President; Alvira S. Clark and Sarah P. Crosby, Counselors;
Hannah A. Crosby, Secretar}^ The number of branches are
seven, and the membership is between three and four
hundred. The annual expend i aires are estimated to be about
four hundred and thirty dollars.

Considering the distance from headquarters, and the few
opportunities afforded the officers of Panguitch Stake to
attend th^ annual and semi-annual conferences held in Salt
Lake City, this organization has been remarkably well-con-
ducted. The presiding sisters have to travel an immense
distance in teams to visit the few branches that have been
organized in the eastern part of the county, }et strange to sa}-
these local branches are always in good working order when
visited, so complete is the organization and so general the
application of the instruction given.

There are alwa3^s a few leading spirits in almost every

74 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

town and village or ward who are capable of appreciating the
necessity of organized work, and willing to make extra efforts
to help others along. However, this may be, the fact
remains, that there is good material in every ward in Utah to
carry on charitable and philanthropic work in a manner
suited to those among whom and with whom it is their lot to
live and labor.

In this Stake the sisters, though seldom visited by the
general officers of the Society, seem perfectly competent to
keep up with other Stakes in the active discharge of all the
relative duties that pertain to this benevolent institution.

WAYNE STAKE.

Wayne Stake embraces Wayne County, and has only very
recently been organized; therefore little can be said of it,
except that as the branches of which it is comprised have
been included previously in other Stakes, and the officers have
been accustomed to active and regular duty in local organiza-
tions, it is safe to conclude that, this County will soon have a
record which will compare favorably with chat of the others.

Wayne Stake was organized May 27th, 1893. The presi-
ding officers are Mrs. Jane S. Coleman, President; Mrs.
Mary Ellen Hanks and Mrs. Sarah S. Forsyth, Counselors;
Mrs. Florence M. Williams, Secretary. After the organiza-
tion was effected, the President and her Counselors made a
tour through the count}^, and held meetings with the society
of each ward. It is needless to say the visit was greatly
appreciated. Since then one conference has been held, at
which time a deep interest was manifest in this important
labor of charity and love. These organizations are of the
greatest benefit to those living in rural districts where united
effort seems even more essential.

KANAB STAKE.
This Relief Society comprises Kane County, though it is
named Kanab after the county seat, the most important town
n the county. It was orga-iized September fith, 1878, and is

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in a flourishing condition considering its remoteness from
railroads and the many disadvantages of the locality.

The presiding officers are Mrs. Harriet D. Bunting,
President; Mrs. Artemisia S. Seegmiller and Mrs. Hannah E.
Hoyt, Counselors; Mrs. M. A. Riggs, Secretary. This or-
ganization has the same objects in view as those already
mentioned — the comfort and care of the sick, the relief of the
needy, aiding all home industries that give employment to
those who would otherwise require constant assistance, and
building houses for the use of the Society or of its enterprises.
In this section of country more primitive work is done than
where money is more plentiful, such as carpet making, weav-
ing on hand looms, carding, spinning, and knitting by hand.

The Kanab County people are, however, not behind in
literary pursuits. The}' have a monthly manuscript journal of
original contributions, and monthly lectures on various sub-
jects are given by some one of the members. They also have
library readings. This Society has capital stock invested in
mercantile institutions, and own sheep, as this county is a
sheep raising and wool-growing county. The Relief Society
in its several stakes and branches has been advised to have
some source of income beside soliciting donations from the
members. The annual expenditures are estimated at some-
thing over eight hundred dollars, including cash, clothing,
provisions and sundries, although some years it might exceed
and other fall short in the disbursements.

Harrilt D. Bunting, President.
M. A. Riggs, Secretary.

SAN JUAN STAKE.

The San Juan County Relief Society, known as San
Juan Stake, was organized June 21st, 1885. The first Presi-
dent was Mrs. Jane M. Walton, since deceased, and the
county was afterwards re-organized with Mrs. Martha T.
Hammond, President; Mrs. Mary N. Jones and Mrs. Eliza
Redd, Counselors; Miss Emma Bayles, Secretary; and Mrs
Marv Sorenson, Treasurer.

7() CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

This Stake not only includes San Juan Count3^ but a part
of Grand County, Utah, and extends into Colorado and New
Mexico. It is very sparsely settled, and though the county
is very interesting in character, it is very difficult to get a
living there, and those who have redeemed that land and
made homes, women as well as men, have had much to en-
dure. In many places the roads have been blasted and cut
through solid rock. In the vicinity of Bluff City, the county
seat, many curiosities are found, such as broken pieces of
ancient pottery, etc., and there are remains of Cliff Builders'
dwellings. There is also an extraordinary formation of rock
called from its peculiar form "Corduroy Hill." Another
magnificent structure of stone, which is in the midst of a vast
plain resembling a large castle, is called "Cathedral Rock."
This stands one thousand feet high, and is a ver}' striking
picture. It does not seem inappropriate in this connection
to state that even in this comparatively desolate country sin-
gle women (widows) own their own homes and manage their
own affairs, and it is a fact that many of the most active and
generous members of the Relief Society are women who pro-
vide for themselves.

There are very few poor people who need assistance,
because nearly all are frugal and industrious, working people;
but the sick are ministered to and comforted by the members
of the Society, and much is being done for the improvement
and advancement of the members, that they may keep pace
with the other organizations. Some means have been invested
in reliable institutions, and some grain stored against a time
of need.

Martha T. Hammond, President.

UINTAH STAKE.

Uintah County is one of the last settled, and has even at
the present time but few towns, and consequently the Relief
Society is of more recent uate, having only been organized
in a Stake capacity in March, 1889. However, the several
branches in the county were among the first to be associated

THE NATIONAL WOMAN S RELIEF SOCIETY. ( i

in the incorporation under the name of National Woman's
Relief Societ}'. The President is Mrs. Sarah Pope, and Mrs.
A. K. Bartlett and Elizabeth B. Mitchell are her Counselors,
with Addie Longhurst Secretary. The principal town in
Uintah is Ashley, and is the headquarters of the Society,
which comprises six or seven branches. The conferences are
held regularly, and all business conducted systematically,
although this county has never yet been visited by the pre-
siding officers from Salt Lake City; the journey is so hard
and the distance between settlements is so long that it is
really quite an undertaking, though about twice in a 3'ear one
or other of these indefatigable laborers in the society at home
comes to Salt Lake City and attends the General Conference of
the Relief Society. Certainly their labors are arduous, and
no doubt these noble women deserve more honorable mention
than many who have accomplished much more, because of
the great disadvantages of their circumstances and surround-
ings in an Indian country.

In conclusion it becomes necessary to ofler some ex-
planations to the foregoing, and to make a sort of summary
of the whole, having gone over so much in detail pertaining
to this Society. The first intention was only to give the work
of Charities and Philanthropies in Salt Lake County, and this
had been prepared by competent committees from the several
organized Societies.

Finding, however, that no complete record of Territorial
work could be made and do it justice in the time allotted,
the writer, with the consent of the Chairman of the Terri-
torial Committee (herself a member of said committee),
decided to include such facts as she had at hand in this
report, in a kind of desultory way, that those who read the
book may form some idea of the immense work of this chari-
table association.

Though Utah Territory is the central place, and Salt
Lake City the headquarters of the Society, its stakes and
branches extend into other states and territories, and many

tb CHARlrlES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

countries, embracing several nationalities. But it is not our
purpose to enlarge upon this subject here, onl}' to give a
few facts as to the scope of the organization. To tell what
has actually been accomplished would be utterly impossible,
because in many instances formerly, records were imperfectl}^
kept, and the idea of ever estimating charity in dollars and
cents was obnoxious to those who had believed the right
hand should not know what the left hand doeth, or giveth, etc.
Again, much of the labor performed is of that spiritual nature
and character that cannot be measured by any known rule,
but these women follow the example of the Savior, who went
about doing good, and are seeking to obey the teachings He
gave, "Love th}' neighbor as thyself," and "Do to others as
ye would they should do unto vou. "

On the 17th of March, 1892, the Society celebrated its
jubilee.- Meetings were held on that day at the same hour
in all lands where branches had been organized, and a prayer
was offered at high noon in each meeting, forming a circle of
prayer around the world, reaching even to the South Sea
Islands. In Salt Lake City there was a large gathering in
the Tabernacle, President Zina D. H. Young presiding,
where suitable exercises were given, speeches made, and
prayer offered at mid-day; the several branches holding
separate meetings in the respective wards in the afternoon,
so that all could participate therein, and a report made and
brief histor}' given from the organization of each Society.
All these jubilee reports have been collected, and will be
published at some future time in book form, which will be a
more complete record of the Society than has ever yet been
given.

It may be well to add here that the approximate amount
expended in charitable work during the years 1888-89-90-91 in
Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, the Sandwich
Islands. London and Canada was $70,892.04. This report did
not include Mexico, Scandinavia, Germany and Switzerland,
nor Great Britain, except London alone; nor other smaller
branches in different parts of the world, nor does it include
co-operative work in various lines of industries and enter-

IHE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCTETV. 79

prises, managed and ■controlled by women in the interest of
the Society.

The saving of grain is a branch of charitable work which is
not herein reported, as the grain is not disbursed, but is kept
against a time of great need, want, or famine. President
Zina D. H. Young, and her Vice-Presidents, Jane S. Richards>
and Bathsheba W. Smith, as also others associated with
them are indefatigable in their labors, and the officers of the
several stake and branch organizations work in harmony with
them to aid the need}', instruct those who are in need of
enlightenment, to substitute everywhere good for evil and
truth for error, and to uplift humanity by both spiritual and
practical methods of love, kindness and true charity. Such
is the labor undertaken by these Christian women called
Latter-day Saints, who are more v/idely known as "Mormon"
women.

FINALE

Looking over what has been written here, although
considerable ground has been covered, one cannot help
feeling how much more might be added that would be
interesting and perhaps advantageous to those who have
had less experience, but the half is not and cannot be told of
the important work of this organization; it has done so much
for suffering humanity, so much uplifting of the unfortunate,
as well as the needy, and been so helpful and beneficial in
man}' ways, temporally, morally and spiritually. Although
great good has been accomplished in the past, yet with the
steady progress women are making in various directions at
the present time, much greater things are expected in the near
future.

Many more buildings will be erected adequate to the
growing needs of the Society, industries and enterprises
engaged in to open up avenues of employment for the many
instead of the few, and to promote habits of thrift, and the

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CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROI^IES.

means of self help. There will be more halls to meet in, and
greater advancement made by individual members of the
Society. Alread}/ much has been done in the cultivation of
extemporaneous speaking, presiding at meetings, praying in
public; and women who were once afraid of their own voices,
are able to interest large congregations; educationally it has
given opportunity of mutual help to women through inter-
change of ideas, lectures, and association, to grow in knowl-
edge and understanding of higher things, and if one may be
allowed the expression this society is a high school of theo-
logical instruction, where all may have equal advantages of
being taught, and cultivating the spiritual nature.

YOUNG LADIES' MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION.

Committee.

We respectfully submit the following report of the Young
Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association of Salt Lake County:

Della W. Eardlen',

Mary E. Irvine,

Annie M. Cannon,

Edith Sampson,

Rose Wallace,

Hester Cannon,

Lizzie SMirH Cartwright,
The organization known as the Young Ladies' Mutual
Improvement Association first came into existence in the
winter of 1869, when Brigham Young, President of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly
known as the "Mormon Church," felt impressed to organize
the young lad}' members of his own family into a society for
the promotion of habits of order, thrift, industry and charity.
Mrs. Ella Young Empey was chosen President of the
new Society, which was named the Young Ladies' Retrench-
ment Association.

YOUNG ladies' MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCLATION. 81

From this nucleus graduall}' sprang up similar societies
in all parts of the city and Territory. In the course of time
these Associations were re-named Young Ladies Mutual Im-
provement Associations and were organized into Stake
Associations. To the Associations of the Salt Lake Stake or
County, this article is devoted, though other counties are thus
organized and form together a complete whole.

There are in Salt Lake County thirty-nine regularly
organized Associations, with an enrollment of 1721 members.
The officers of each Society consist of a President, two Coun-
selors, a Secretar}', an Assistant Secretary and a Treasurer.
Each Association is supposed to hold a weekly meeting, at
which a prepared program is rendered. Such programs con-
sist of lectures on hygiene, physical culture, history, and
biography, also recitations, essays, music, letters of correspond-
ence, etc., much encouragement being given to impromptu
speaking, and in fact to all subjects leading to the promotion
or advancement of woman intellectually, morally and physic-
ally as well as spiritually.

The Stake organization consists of a President, two
Counselors, Six Aids to the Presidency, a Secretary and
Assistant, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary,
and a Treasurer.

The Stake or County organization works for the advance-
ment of every Association in the County, and under its super-
vision new Associations are from time to time being organized
as the cause advances. Monthly meetings of all officers are
held under the direction of the Stake President, and at these
meetings there is a free exchange of ideas as to the best
methods of interesting young ladies in this improvement work.

Every three months a conference is held in Salt Lake
City, in which the various organizations take part. Reports
are there given of the progress made, and the Stake officers
are thus enabled to know the requirements of each Association,

While we may say that the chief object of this work is
signified by its name, "Mutual Improvement," yet much
charitable work is done, though it is impossible to give a
detailed account of ail expenditures for chanty. This much

82 . CHARITIES AXI) I'H 1 I . A N TH R( )1'IKS.

we can say that during the year ending August 1st, 1892,
there was disbursed for charitable purposes, the sum of
$1,146.05. The greater portion of this was given to aid
women and children.

All funds are raised by voluntary donation, and by means
of entertainments.

The present officers of the Young Ladies' Mutual Im-
provement Associations for Salt Lake Countv are as follows:

Mrs. Mary A. Freeze, President; Mrs. Mary P. Young,
First Counselor; Mrs. Nellie Colebrook Taylor, Second
Counselor; Dr. Maggie C. Shipp, Mrs. Maria Holt, Mrs.
Clara S. Carlyle, Miss Edith Sampson, Mrs. Jane Freeze.
Mrs. Mary E. Irvine, Aids to the Presidency; Mrs. Lizzie
Smith Carlwright, Secretary; Mrs. Minnie H. James, Assist-
ant Secretary; Miss Ella Dallas, Corresponding Secretary;
Mrs. Lizzie Greene Fowler, Recording Secretary; Miss Vickie
Clayton, Treasurer.

PRIMARY ASSOCIATIONS OF SALT LAKE
COUNTY.

In giving a brief history of the Salt Lake County Primary
Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, it will be necessar}' to give an account of the origin
of these valuable Associations. Mrs. Aurelia S. Rogers, of
Farmington, Davis County, has the honor of being the
originator of the Primary Associations of Utah. Her active
mind could see the necessity of an organization for the de-
velopment of the minds of the young, to better qualify them
for their future career in society, at home and abroad, and
for useful citizens of the world. She acted upon the thought,
and suggested it to Eliza R. Snow, who presented it to
President John Taylor. Seeing the benefits which could be
derived from such organizations, he heartily endorsed the

TRIMARV ASSOCIAIIONS OF SALT l>AKE COUN'IV. 8B

thought, and advised a speedy organization of the Primary
Associations throughout Utah. On the 11th of August, 1878,
the first organization was effected at Farmington, Davis
County, Utah. It was thus that the great work of the Primary
Associations began. The first Association in Salt I^ake
County, was organized in the Eleventh Ward of Salt Lake
City, Nov. 10th, 1878, with Mis. Louie B. Felt as Presi-
dent. Organizations were effected in the various wards of
the county, and it was finally advised that it would better
facilitate the objects to be accomplished to have a Stake or
County organization, this being accomplished in June, 1879.
Mrs. Ellen C. Clawson was selected as President, with Mrs.
Elizabeth Watson and Mrs. Camilla C. Cobb as Counselors;
Mrs. Vilate Young, Secretary. Since that time rapid pro-
gress has been made in the advancement of these Associa-
tions throughout Salt Lake County. The officers consist
entirely of ladies of superior intellect, those chosen, if pos-
sible, who have had e.xperience in teaching the young. The
Primary work has been a vast benefit to the young of both
sexes in many ways. They have been taught the principles
of the gospel of Jesus Christ m a simple and satisfactory
manner. Those who have attended these Associations have
been instructed spiritually, morally, intellectuall}^, and
physically, also socialh', and in industrial developments.
The children have put into practice that which has been taught
them, and gathered their little sums of money from the pro-
ceeds of fairs, which are held once in two years, and by con-
tributing from five to ten cents each, to present to those who
are in need. Many an agreeable surprise has been made to
the needy on Christmas and at other times, by the children
presenting them with sums of money, quilts, and articles of
various kinds which have been made b}/ the children assisted
by the officers.

In visiting these Associations, one is at once struck with
the intelligent faces of the little ones, eagerl}' waiting for
something new to be be taught them. To hear the little
boys and girls open and dismiss their services with an
original prayer, asking their Heavenly Father to look in mercy

84 CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROHIES.

on the afflicted and the destitute, with such supreme
innocence and trust, brings forcibly to the mind the words of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, "Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the king-
dom of Heaven. " The Primary Associations of Salt Lake
County have continued to prosper, since their organization up
to the pres'ent time, in a satisfactory manner to both parents
and children. The County officers at present are Mrs. Ellen
C. Clawson, President; Mrs. Camilla Cobb and Mrs Lydia
Ann Wells, Counselors.

The following statistics will give some idea of the work
accomplished :

Number of organizations in countv 43

Number of officers in county 150

Number of enrolled members (malesj 1214

(females) 1951

An average attendance 1466

An average of cash received yearly $246.45

An average of property received yearly 129.10

Total ^375.55

Contributed to Temples in Salt Lake City and other

parts of the Territory $552.70

Orphans' Home 50.00

For emigrating poor children 137.25

Deseret Hospital 35.00

Small charities 36.65

Total $811.60

Ida Whipple, County Secretary.

WOMEN PHYSICIANS OF UTAH. 85

WOMEN PHYSICIANS OF UTAH.

Healing is woman's prerogative. If all girls could receive
as part of their education a thorough course in medicine and
surgery, time, expense and suffering would be saved to every
household. Woman would then begin to regain the health
that has been squandered through ignorance and foil}', and
raise her to the standard befitting her position as mother of
the race.

Let all women understand medicine and surgery, and the
long vexed question of quackery will be solved. None but
eminent specialists could practice, whose hands and exes
would be kept skilled for intricate operations. No amount
of sophistry, personal magnetism or fine address could deceive
the surgeon-mother. Among the skilled, she would know
who were the most skillful, and onl}' in their practiced hands
would she permit the knife to descend to a loved one. These
eminent specialists should not be exclusive of either sex. No
profession should debar any individual that has inclination
and capacity for it. In this women should rank equal with
men. The cause that has heretofore kept her from the free
use of the knife is the condition that highl}/ fits her for it,
viz. , coiiscie}itioiisiiess.

In addition to the ostentatious and insinuating quackery
of self-styled "specialists," Indian, Chinese and Arabian
fakes, charms, freshly-killed chicken poultices, dog-hair pro-
tectives, and witchery barbarities, would disappear before
enlightened motherhood. No need then of legislative enact-
ments to restrain irregularities in practice. On the principle
of the survival of the fittest and extinction of the unfit they
would go to the wall.

"It is in the ordering of a wise Providence that women
should have physicians of their own sex." It is humiliating
to see men whose brains should be used for other work run-
ning hither and thither prescribing for infantile colic and scores
of maladies that should be the natural prerogative of mothers.

86 CHARIIIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

These, when properly trained, best understand the constitu-
tion, temperament and idiosyncracies of their offspring.

Since all women at this epoch cannot study 'medicine and
surgery, let as many as fortune favors grasp the opportunity
to become, physical and psychological saviors of their sex.

That Utah is doing her share in this physical redemption
of women is shown by the following galaxy of lady physicians
and surgeons within her borders.

ROMANIA B. PRATT M. ]). ,

was borne in Washington, Wayne County, Indiana, August
8th, 1839. She matriculated in the Woman's Medical College,
Philadelphia, October, 1875, and graduated in the class of
1877, the first woman graduate in medicine from Utah. In
May, 187G, during college vacation, she went as a student to
the New England Hospital for Women and Children. On
her way home to Salt Lake City visited a number of water
cures, notably the Elmira and Clifton Springs. After two
years' active practice in Salt Lake City, went to New York
City and took a post-graduate course of eight months in the
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, under Prof. H. D. Noyes.
In June, 1887, was appointed Resident Physician of the
Deseret Hospital, in addition to private practice, where she
has remained to date. Her eye and ear work has been quite
extensive, including nearly every phase of disease peculiar to
these organs. Out of over two hundred and fifty operations
on the eye, fifteen were for cataract, some of which when fitted
with glasses were able to read.

El. LIS R. SHIPP M. D.,

Born January 20, 1847, in Davis County, Iowa. Removed
to Utah with her parents when four years of age. In 1875
entered the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania,
graduating from this institution in 1878, the second lady
graduate from Utah. Returning to Salt Lake City, she made
the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology specialties. Travel-
ed extensively through the cities and towns of Utah and Idaho
giving public lectures on the laws of life and health, deliver-

WOiMKN PHYSICIANS OF UTAH. 87

ing over one thousand lectures during the first five years of
her work. During the winter of 1887-8 took post-graduate
work in New York and Philadelphia, remaining three months
in each city. Returning to Salt Lake City, she opened a
"School of Obstetrics and Nursing." One hundred of her
pupils passed successful examinations under a competent
board of examining physicians. During fourteen years' prac-
tice has attended one thousand five hundred and forty-three
obstetrical and two thousand three hundred and fifty gynaeco-
logical cases. Is spending the winter and spring of 1893 at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, enjoying the intellectual atmosphere of
that western Athens.

MARGARET CURTIS SHIPP, JNI. D.

Educated in Utah. Commenced teaching school at the age
of fifteen years. Graduated from the Woman's Medical Col-
lege of Philadelphia in 1883. In addition to her constantly in-
creasing practice she taught classes in obstetrics and nursing
for six years, meeting the demand for this class of work in the
remote towns of Utah and surrounding territories. Traveled
extensively delivering public lectures. Now confines herself
almost exclusively to her greatly increased obstetrical work, of
which she has the largest practice of any lad} physician in
Utah, and bids fair to become the Madame Lachapelle of west-
ern America.

MRS. ELLEN B. FERGUSON.

Born in Cambridge, England. Received a classical education
under university tutors. Studied medicine first under Dr. J.
Taylor, of Cambridge; subsequently under Dr. W. Ferguson,
of Edinburgh. Came to America in 1859. Matriculated at
the U. S. College, New York. Attended full course at the Ec-
lectic Medical College of Cincinnati. Practiced medicine for
eight 3'ears in Indiana and Illinois. Came to Utah in 1876,
and has practiced medicine continuously in Salt Lake City for
seventeen years. In 1882, associated with other ladies of Salt
Lake City, organized and founded the Deseret Hospital. Served
three months as Resident Ph\'sician and Surgeon in this Hos-
pital. Has performed operations for lacerated perineum,

»» CHARIIIES AND PHILANTHROPIES.

lacerated cervix, ovariotomy, and operations on the eye and
throat. Contributed several articles on Materia Medica and
Therapeutics to various medical journals.

DR. ELVIRA STEVENS BARNEY.

Born in New York State, March 17, 1832. Principally self-
educated. Taught school for many years, acquiring indepen-
dent finance through her own exertions, studied medicine and
surgery from philanthropic motives, desiring to become a
teacher of her sex. Spent five years in constant study in lead-
ing medical colleges, acquiring a thorough knowledge of her
profession. Has practiced ten years and delivered many public
lectures.

iMRS. ISELLE GEMMELL, liee ANDERSON.

Born in Salt Lake City in 1863. Received a classical educa.
tion under the tuition of her father, and in the schools of Salt
Lake City. Matriculated in the University of Michigan in Oc-
tober, 1881. Was graduated from that institution in medicine
and surgery in 1884. Practiced her profession in Salt Lake
City until 1888. Performed many important surgical operations
for ovariotomy and various affections of the eye. Now re-
sides in Pendleton. Oregon.

MRS. JUSriNA MCINTVRE, iUC ANDERSON.

Born in Salt Lake City in 1866. Took a classical and col-
legiate course in Salt Lake City. Entered Wellesley College,
Mass., in 1883. Matriculated at the University of Michigan in
1884. Was graduated from that institution in surgery and
medicine in 1887. Practiced her profession several years in
Utah. Resided one year on the continent of Europe, princi-
pally in Berlin. At present is a resident of Olean, New York.

EMMA B. ADKINS, M. D. ,

Daughter of George and Sarah M. Adkins. Born in Tooele
City, Utah, December 3rd, 1859. During the year 1878 she
attended the University of Deseret in Salt Lake City, and
then engaged in the study of medicine under private tutors
until 1880. She then matriculated at the Woman's Medical

WOMEN PHYSICIANS OK UTAH. (SI)

College of Philadelphia, graduating from that institution with
honors in I880. On her return to Utah she practiced in Tooele
and Juab Counties, her work extending over a wide area of
country. Skillful and brilliant success followed her to the time
of her death, which occurred in Nephi, Juab County, Utah,
February 24, 1889.

MARY EMMA YANSCHOONHOYEN, )iee (;REK,N.

Familiarly known as "Dr. Van." Born in Batavia, New
York, January 8, 1848. Came to Utah in 1849. Removed to
California in 1851. Received a common school education in
the seminaries of Sacramento, California. Returning to Utah,
began the study of medicine in 1877 under Drs. R. B. Pratt
and S. B. Young. Practiced until 1889, when she matriculted
in the Michigan University on her forty-sixth birthda\'. Grad-
uated from the Homoepathic Department of that institution in
1891. Her practice in Salt Lake City is very large, mostly
among women and children.

MRS. H. c. Norton m. n.,

Received her early education in a convent. Studied medi-
cine under the tuition of her husband, who was a physician-
Later visited Europe, and practiced in the hospitals at St.
Petersburg. Returning to America, attended the Eclectic
Medical School of Cincinnati, one of the few places at that
time where women were permitted to take a degree. Practiced
for a time in Louisville. In 18G4 went to New York City and
built up a large practice. During this period occupied a pro-
fessor's chair in the Twent3'-sixth Street Medical School.

Came to Utah in 1880. Practiced extensively in Southern
Utah. Now resides at St. George, Utah.

ELLEN CTRI'IS OACE.

Born at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Vassar undergraduate.
Graduated from Woman's Hospital Medical College of Chicago
in 188(i. Practiced medicine in Chicago. Came to Utah and
opened an office in Salt Lake Cit\- in 1 88S.

CHARITIKS AM) I'H I l,AN I'H Kol'l IlS.

MRS. MARY GKF.HN, nee MINOR.

Born in Livingstone County, Mo., in 1857. was educated at
Chillicothe, Mo. Matriculated in the Kansas Cit}' Homuepath-
ic Medical College in 1888. Was graduated from that institu-
tion in medicine and surgery in 1890, being chosen valedictor-
ian of the class. Practiced in Kansas City until October, 1800,
when hse entered the Kansas City Homcepathic Hospital as
House Physician and Surgeon, which position she held for
over a j'^ear. Again entered general practice, and is now locat-
ed in Salt Lake City, Utah.

MAklHA HIGHKS CANNON.

Born in Llandidno, North Wales, 1857. Came to America
in 185!l. Arrived in Utah with her parents in 18()1. Studied Sci-
ence in the Deseret University in Salt Lake City, and Litera-
ture in the National School of Elocution and Oratory, Phila-
delphia, graduating from each of the above institutions. Ma-
triculated at the Michigan Universityin 1878, and was gradu-
ated from this institution in medicine and surgery in 1880.
Attended the two years' "Bachelor of Science" Course in the
Auxiliarx' Department to Medicine in the University of Penn-
sylvania, Philadelphia, and was graduated from this institution
in 1882. Took the evening course of lectures in the Philadel-
phia College of Pharmacy, and passed the junior examination
for 1881-2. Was Resident Physician of Deseret Hospital,
Utah, from fall of 1882 to spring of 1885, with private practice
In summer of 1885 visited the leading United States Hospitals,
examining the s\'stem of Training Schools for Nurses. Spent
188(i and eight months of 1887 in Europe. Walked the leading
London Hospitals, viz.. Saint Thomas' and Saint Bartholo-
mews'. Now engaged in general practice in Salt Lake City,
Utah.

The lady physicians of Utah have done a large amount
of charitable work among the the sick, which is included in
the general synopsis of the labors of each physicians as
given above.

Martha Huc;hes Cannon, B. S. M. D.